Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 97744
Header and Footer failure when save a writer doc as ".doc" file type which contents "Indexes and Tables" in first line
Last modified: 2009-06-27 08:17:43 UTC
[Steps] 1. Create a writer doc 2. Type several paragraphs, and Use a "Style and Formatting" on then, such as "Heading 1" 3. Put the cursor at the beginning of the first paragraph, "Ctrl + Enter" to move then on the 2nd page. From top menu, "Insert" -> "Indexes and Tables" -> "Indexes and Tables...", click OK button on the "Insert Index/Table" dialog. 4. "Insert" -> "Header" -> "default", type some words in header field 5. "Insert" -> "Footer" -> "default", type some words in footer field 6. "File" -> "Save" to save the file as type as "Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP". 7. "File" -> "Reload", observe the result. 8. Open the saved file by MS Word, observe the result. [Result] In step 7: The words in Header and Footer disappear except first page. In step 8: The Header and Footer field has been disabled, neither seen nor edit. [Expectation] Header and Footer display normally.
Already tracked as issue 90073. *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 90073 ***
Closing duplicate.
Part of the problem is the section breaks added in the conversion process. Each table of contents/figures gets a continuous section break before the title of the table, between the title and the table, and at the end of the table. Each of those section breaks offer a chance to trash the headers and footers.