I have reproduced the issue on OS X 10.10.5;
Using Open Office 4.0.0 and 4.1.1 for comparison.

Could you attach screenshot to see what you described?

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Screenshot of the changed layout

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Screenshot of the changed layout

Ah, wrong screenshot attached. Sorry (how doe one delete a screenshot? )

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ACTUAL screenshot

I cannot confirm this. For me the layout is with four identical columns as it should be.

There exists the option "Use printer metrics for document formatting". Perhaps you have checked it in one version and not in the other or have changed the printer?

For to force a column break you should never manually adjust the font size or the line spacing or margins or such, but insert a manual column break with menu Insert > Manual Breaks > check column break.

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same document with column breaks

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screen capture

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screen capture of same document with column breaks opened in AOO 4.1.2

Here is same document modified withg column breaks.
No settings are changed : same computer, same OS version, same printer, same preferences as both AOO versions are installed and use same profile.
I am surprised that layout differs in AOO 4.0.1 vs 4.1.2





(In reply to Regina Henschel from comment #6)
> I cannot confirm this. For me the layout is with four identical columns as
> it should be.
> 
> There exists the option "Use printer metrics for document formatting".
> Perhaps you have checked it in one version and not in the other or have
> changed the printer?
> 
> For to force a column break you should never manually adjust the font size
> or the line spacing or margins or such, but insert a manual column break
> with menu Insert > Manual Breaks > check column break.

I am on Linux-32 with RC2 AOO 4.1.2. The documents of 2015-10-16 16:14 and 2015-10-21 07:51 are exactly the same in my version, with resepct to layout and columns etc. There is a size difference due to the size slider selection from the first doc, 104%, to the second, 137%. I did not look at the screenshots. In my opinion, I don't feel we should rely on screenshots for reporting or testing.

Of course, screeen capture are here only for a visual view of this trouble.

I have juste tested AOO 4.1.2 rc3 on my Mac runnning 10.9.5 : same problem as indicated.
I have also tested on a Windows 7 computer with AOO 4.1.1 and AOO 4.1.2 rc3 : everything is correct.

I suppose this probelm is specific to the Mac version.
Is it due to a calculation of leading metrics, similar to issue 124823 : https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=124823 ?







(In reply to Kay from comment #11)
> I am on Linux-32 with RC2 AOO 4.1.2. The documents of 2015-10-16 16:14 and
> 2015-10-21 07:51 are exactly the same in my version, with resepct to layout
> and columns etc. There is a size difference due to the size slider selection
> from the first doc, 104%, to the second, 137%. I did not look at the
> screenshots. In my opinion, I don't feel we should rely on screenshots for
> reporting or testing.

On my Mac, LibreOffice 5.1 has same behavior as OpenOffice 4.0.1 and 4.1.1.
Only OpenOffice 4.1.2 on Mac differs from what we obtain on other versions on Mac and Windows (even 4.1.2 on my test machine).





(In reply to Ulysse31 from comment #0)
> Created attachment 85041 [details]
> Old document created with AOO 4.0.1
> 
> When using AOO 4.1.2 on a Mac running OS 10.9.5, layout is different (on a
> text only document) from what it is on AOO 4.0.1 : each page contains one
> more line.
> 
> 
> PS / Same problem as issue 124823 =>
> https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=124823

Document attached from comment #7 use Times new roman font.
Are you sure to have this font on your Mac?

Yes of course, Times New Roman is installed.

I have noticed difference on the computer that I use on a daily basis.
I have then tested different versions of OOo and today LibreOffice 5.1 on this computer without any other changes (OS, fonts or so...).
I have also tested another Mac and a Windows7 machine to check what happens.

I think it is a real problem if layout differs if you use another OOo or OS version...

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Attachment opened in AOO 4.0.1

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Attachment opened in AOO 4.1.4

Still unsolved

Still unsilved in AOO 4.1.6 whereas this document is opened in LO 6.2.4.2 as it was with AOO 4.0.1 on a Mac!

Still unsolved in AOO 4.1.6 whereas this document is opened in LO 6.2.4.2 as it was with AOO 4.0.1 on a Mac!

Still unsolved in AOO 4.1.7 whereas this document is opened in LO 6.2.2.8 as it was with AOO 4.0.1 on a Mac!

Can someone with a mac please check this so that it can be advanced or closed once and for all.

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Screen shot of preferences in AOO 4.1.7

After checking the "Use printer metrics for document formatting" the document formats as expected.

This was suggested some time back.

Confirmed both the "problem" and the "solution"

Nothing to fix