Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 112838
Pasting numbered list adds numbering to sub-content
Last modified: 2017-05-20 11:35:08 UTC
OOo 3.2 fixed a genuine problem wrt pasting numbered lists. See Issue 86492. The fix has however introduced what I believe is unintended behaviour which is causing me more grief than the original problem. The new behaviour has already been described here http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=28176 and in Issue 110110. The problem reported in Issue 110110 is Closed (Won't fix) because it works as per the specification - and it basically does, at least for simple examples. I believe the specification needs additional clarification for more complex situations. Let me explain. Consider two lists: 1. itemA 2. itemB 3. itemC 1. itemD 2. itemE 3. itemF If itemE is pasted into the first list in front of itemB, the intended result is: 1. itemA 2. itemE 3. itemB 4. itemC and OOo 3.2 does this correctly. Now consider these two lists: 1. itemA 2. itemB 3. itemC 1. itemD 2. itemE (a) sub-itemA (b) sub-itemB 3. itemE If all of itemE is pasted into the first list in front of itemB, the intended result (as produced by OOo 3.1) is: 1. itemA 2. itemE (a) sub-itemA (b) sub-itemB 3. itemB 4. itemC But OOo 3.2 produces: 1. itemA 2. itemE 3. sub-itemA 4. sub-itemB 5. itemB 6. itemC i.e. the numbering style at the insertion point is being applied to the whole paste buffer contents, over-riding all pre-applied numbering including "no numbering". Furthermore, if a sub-item includes a table, the numbering is propagated through every cell in the table!!! Hardly what was intended. The relevant part of section 7.8 of specification http://specs.openoffice.org/writer/numbering/NumberingBullet1.sxw is: Clipboard content: Part/complete numbering and other paragraphs Pasted Within a Numbering/Bullet list: Extend target numbering (Formatted text only) I find the specification lacking in clarity when it comes to my second example, particularly the meaning of "Extend target numbering". For pasting style-formatted data within an existing list... The OOo 3.1 interpretation is "Adjust the numbering so the new data is part of the existing list". The OOo 3.2 interpretation is "Apply current numbering style to all of the new data, regardless of whatever numbering may or may not already be applied to it". The former interpretation is more likely to produce the results the user is expecting. Certainly there were other pasting situations were OOo 3.1 was broken, but pasting complex data into an existing list was not one of of them.
This is already fixed in OOo 3.3. Try out with DEV300m83 or DEV300m84 build from the download page.
Closed, has been also fixed by issue 111677.
Please re-read my bug report. I have checked DEV300m84 and the problem I am reporting still exists.
Your description is slightly confusing. It is very long and you describe more than one problem. Please read the issue handling guidlines before you submit an issue. Please attach a samplöe document to this issue, tell us what you exactly copy to clipboard and where you paste it. I tried to create a document by myself based on your description, but the problem did not occur. So please attach YOUR sample document. Thaknks for your patience.
Created attachment 70367 [details] Sample numbered list to demonstrate the problem
I had tried to make myself clear but obviously I failed :( Hopefully the supplied example document will help.
OK, thank you for the good sample document. With this the problem is now reproducible. MRU->OD: open the attached document, select paragraph 2.1. including the paragraph break to 2.2 (as displayed in the image in the document), copy to clipboard, place Cursor at the beginning of paragraph 2. and paste. You will see, that wrong list properties have been applied. The two (bullet-) subpoints are in the wrong level and the paragraphs in the table are also numbered. OOo 3.1.1 worked correctly.
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