Issue 120173 - Export to Rich Text Format (rtf) writes page breaks as \pagebb, that are not detected by other applications
Summary: Export to Rich Text Format (rtf) writes page breaks as \pagebb, that are not ...
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: save-export (show other issues)
Version: 3.4.0
Hardware: All All
: P3 Normal (vote)
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Reported: 2012-07-03 11:10 UTC by drrself
Modified: 2013-09-19 18:20 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: DEFECT
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test file created with previous version O O Writer (7.27 KB, application/rtf)
2012-07-10 14:58 UTC, drrself 		no flags Details
test file created with current version of O O writer (10.67 KB, application/rtf)
2012-07-10 14:59 UTC, drrself 		no flags Details
File to be saved to RichText Format (9.13 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2012-07-10 22:38 UTC, Regina Henschel 		no flags Details
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Description drrself 2012-07-03 11:10:32 UTC 
upgraded to version 3.4 
I create documents for teaching using Writer
on screen everything looks fine
when the file is saved in RTF - it loses the "page break" code somehow

the document I create using Writer is saved in RTF,
using "page breaks" so that the teaching notes
are spaced appropriately for teaching
then loaded onto an E-Reader

when re-opened by Writer, the "page breaks"
appear okay - but apparently the code has changed
and only works for Writer - other e-readers don't 
recognize the new code

in all the versions prior to 3.4,
the "page breaks" have been correct
now it is just one long document with the pages running together
can we get the "page break" code back into the saved RTF file

my primary reader for teaching is a Sony E-Reader,
but it does the same on my Samsung Galaxy II Tablet
Comment 1 drrself 2012-07-10 14:58:15 UTC 
Created attachment 78617 [details]
test file created with previous version O O Writer
Comment 2 drrself 2012-07-10 14:59:23 UTC 
Created attachment 78618 [details]
test file created with current version of O O writer
Comment 3 Regina Henschel 2012-07-10 22:36:51 UTC 
The way page breaks are written has been changed from OOo3.3 to AOO3.4.
Open the attached file in AOO34 and save as RichTextFormat. Do the same with OOo3.3.

Looking into the generated rtf-files you will notice, that the way page breaks are created has changed from writing the special character \page to using the paragraph formatting property \pagebb.

This might result in problems with other applications which read such files. But I'm not sure whether this is real bug. Why has this been changed?
Comment 4 Regina Henschel 2012-07-10 22:38:30 UTC 
Created attachment 78621 [details]
File to be saved to RichText Format
Comment 5 Edwin Sharp 2013-09-19 18:20:12 UTC 
Page break visible between pages 2 and 3 of attachment 78618 [details] in Writer Rev. 1523756 is missing in Word 2010.

Win 7