Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 125598
Renumbering problems in master document
Last modified: 2022-09-30 16:56:09 UTC
Hi, For some reason figure numbers are no longer renumbered with respect to their order in the master document. In the sample files attached and also uploaded on Dropbox (https://www.dropbox.com/s/4100misqxkhxmtd/sample%20files.zip?dl=0) you will see that in the master document, Figure 1 from Subdocument 2, instead of being renumbered as Figure 2 is still Figure 1 in the master document despite being preceded in the master document by Figure 1 from Subdocument 1. What could be causing this problem?
Created attachment 83941 [details] sample master document
I cannot confirm it. The numbers are correct here. I version 4.1.1 on Windows 7. Do you have "update links" when opening the master document? You have selected version=4.1.0. If that selection is correct, you should update your OpenOffice to the current version 4.1.1.
I am actually using version 4.1.1. I guess that was a "typo". With regard to your inability to confirm this bug I would advise you to pay attention that the name of Figure 1 in Subdocument 2 is "Picture 2". Don't confuse the field number and the number in the name. Check if "Figure 1: Picture 2" in Subdocument 2 becomes "Figure 2: Picture 2" in the master document.
Very strange! I now noticed that the figure number is updated after a minute or so and that the correct number is displayed after the mentioned delay time, but this is only happening in the sample master document, not in the real master document I'm using. This is perplexing.
Created attachment 83942 [details] Screenshot of the pictures. I've checked that the number range is adapted, see screenshot. Do you have confirmed "update all links" when opening the master document?
Created attachment 83943 [details] Screenshots proving the bug
Yeah, I repeatedly hit update all, i.e. when the document was first opened and upon seeing that the numbering is wrong. I also uploaded some merged screenshots proving that the figures are incorrectly numbered in the original master document I'm working on.
Created attachment 83944 [details] sample files v2 proving the issue
I've added another version of the master document I'm working on, stripped of all confidential and proprietary information. Try to confirm the issue with this sample.
Just noticed that somehow, the number for figure 1 is not a field, at least not in version 2, that is the one fully based on the original documents, but just plain text. I'll have to check if this may be the case with some of the other hundreds of figures from the other subdocuments as this was not an isolated case, the numbering offset increasing illogically.
Created attachment 87149 [details] 7zip file of master document and the sub-documents Below Creating Documents, there is a xref to figure 31 it should be to Figure 22. As can be seen in the sub document Chapter 8 it is figure 1 and as such it should Figure 22 as that is the next sequential number.
Windows 10 Microsoft Windows Version 21H2 (OS Build19044-1889) Apache OpenOffice® 4.1.13 AOO4113m1(Build:9810) – Rev. 281f0d3533 2022-07-01 10:22
I have raised the priority on this as it is impacting the process of publishing the new user guides. Master documents should be the easiest method to compile multi-chapter documents such as our user guides. This bug makes it impossible to use them.
hi keith. i tried to download the attachment. but for me it is a txt document. Is this on purpose?
(In reply to Peter from comment #14) > hi keith. > i tried to download the attachment. but for me it is a txt document. Is this > on purpose? Peter; It is a 7zip file that contains a Master Document and the ODT files used to create it. Regards Keith