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libreoffice package

open *.ppt file in libreoffice Impress is abnormal

Bug #1393688 reported by shijing
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libreoffice (Ubuntu)
Triaged
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Bug Description

I have a *.ppt fromat file , use other office software is correct, but open with libreoffice impress is abnormal.
the ppt file has thirty pages in it , but in libreoffice impress show one page, and the content is uncomplete.

OS: Ubuntu /Ubuntu Kylin 14.10 and Ubuntu Kylin 15.04

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

shijing, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Could you please attach the file that demonstrates this problem?

Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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shijing (shijing) wrote :

@penalvch OK, the file in attachment.

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

shijing, so what happened for me in Trusty is that it opened the file in Writer, instead of Impress. I tried renaming the file to example.ppt but this didn't change anything.

However, this does open up in Impress in Windows Vista with MASTER 4.4.0.

As I've been able to open .ppt files before in Trusty, this would seem a downstream regression. I'll mark it Medium for now, and if it's a more wide-scoped, in that it is affecting more than just you and I, we may re-evaluate this.

As a potential WORKAROUND, you could try the LibreOffice PPA -> https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/ubuntu/libreoffice-4-3 .

Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu):
importance: Low → Medium
status: Incomplete → Triaged
tags: added: trusty utopic vivid
removed: libreoffice
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Rüdiger Kupper (ruediger.kupper) wrote :

For me, the file opens in impress. I see only one (incomplete) slide, as shijing described.
Version: 6.1.3.2
Build-ID: libreoffice-6.1.3.2-snap1

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Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote :

Tested on cosmic, version 6.1.2.1 (deb), and the file opens in impress by default, and indeed there's only one slide in it.

Tested libreoffice 6.1.3.2 upstream build (debs), and the same is observed. So that may be an upstream problem (if the file is not corrupted in some way).

@shijing: if you're still tracking this bug, would you mind filing an upstream bug report at https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=LibreOffice&format=guided and sharing the link to that report here? Thanks!

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timur (ba.timur) wrote :

This was old report which should've gone to upstream LO.
Repro up to LO 7.0 but not with LO 7.1.
Fixed in https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=131269.
So I mark "Fix Released".

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