[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 131025] Writer document with tables lost data in cells (apparently) replacing with 0

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=131025

--- Comment #21 from Jim DeLaHunt <from+documentfoundation at jdlh.com> ---
For the record, I tried to make the repair process simpler by saving my
document as a flat XML document file (.fodt), and modifying the XML in that
file. Unfortunately, LibreOffice replaced the non-numeric cell contents by "0"
when saving to the flat XML document. It was not possible to repair after that. 

I also tried opening the document suffering from this problem, selecting the
non-numeric table cells displaying "0" values, selecting the Table… Number
Format… menu item, and setting the format to Text. That did not restore the
original non-numeric values to the cells. 

Thus, it appears that the only way to repair a document suffering from this
problem is to uncompress the .odt document package. 

Also, anyone trying to repair documents of theirs affected by this problem
might be interested in the following Q&A threads. I'm attempting to gather
ideas for the best way to perform each step of the repair.

How can I uncompress a LibreOffice document to get its XML internals, then make
a new document from them?
https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/282816/how-can-i-uncompress-a-libreoffice-document-to-get-its-xml-internals-then-make-a-new-document-from-them/

How to use XSLT to modify a LibreOffice document at XML level?
https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/282817/how-to-use-xslt-to-modify-a-libreoffice-document-at-xml-level/

What XSLT copies an XML file, deleting one attribute and modifying the value of
another?
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65318418/what-xslt-copies-an-xml-file-deleting-one-attribute-and-modifying-the-value-of/65318627

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