[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 127135] EDITING:copy a shape from old .odg file, the shape is distorted

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127135

--- Comment #9 from VincentYu <vincent_hy_yu at hotmail.com> ---
(In reply to Regina Henschel from comment #8)
> There had been changes for styles. There has already been some fixes for
> "Resize shape to fit text". But this seems to be another bug in this area.
> Seems like "Resize shape to fit text" is set for pasted shape, although
> neither the shape in its source document nor the default style in the target
> document has this setting enabled.
> 
> You can do this:
> a) Drag the drawings from your file into a (new) theme in the Gallery. That
> "burns in" the styles, which means that all style settings used in the shape
> where transformed to direct formatting. If you will use the shape then in a
> new document, it has all needed attributes.
> b) Do not use Ctrl+V, but use the item "drawing format" from the drop-list
> of the paste icon. That "burns-in" the styles too.
> c) Get the styles into your new document before pasting an old drawing. For
> that purpose use menu Page > insert page from file. Choose the old file and
> import the complete page. In case the page size is different do not adapt
> the drawings. After you have done this, you will find new entries in the
> Styles&Formatting pane in the sidebar. After you have transferred the styles
> this way, you can delete the additional page. If you now copy a shape from
> your old document, it's style exists and it is drawn correctly. Drag&Drop
> from old to new will then work too. If you need this drawings often, you
> should consider to start with a document template, that has the needed
> styles.

Tried b), it worked. Also, deleting text before regular copy/paste worked too.

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