Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 102071
WW8: doc containing WordArt object loops when printing
Last modified: 2017-05-20 11:13:08 UTC
We were sent a single-page MS-Word .doc file. Opened it in OO 3.1 and also OO 2.3 (and also on a different machine). It looks fine on the screen, but if we try to print it, it becomes a runaway process, consuming 100% CPU "forever" (we killed it after 10 min). However, if we create a PDF of it from OO, that only takes a few seconds and then we can print it fine with Acrobat Reader. I have not seen this type of behavior before, and we deal with lots of .doc files. Tried both options to reduce and not reduce transparency, didn't make any difference. While it is stuck in runaway it slowly eats away more and more memory, too. I do not know who created the document and with what. But it was sent to many people, including our business. It is attached to this issue.
Created attachment 62379 [details] this MS-Word doc won't print in Linux OO, and causes a runaway
@MRU: direct reproducible also on Vista with DEV300m48
MRU->OD: looks like this is a problem with the Word Art object. When deleting all the other stuff, the printing still caused a loop.
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