[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 144606] New: Impress: special layouts only obtainable by creating them in powerpoint and importing the pptx in LibO

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            Bug ID: 144606
           Summary: Impress: special layouts only obtainable by creating
                    them in powerpoint and importing the pptx in LibO
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: Inherited From OOo
          Hardware: All
                OS: Linux (All)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: Impress
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: sergio.callegari at gmail.com

Description:
It looks like impress support some features that are inaccessible from its UI.

A notable example is the fact that certain slide layouts appear to be perfectly
supported in LibO, but cannot be generated using LibO itself, but only used in
LibO by producing slides in powerpoint as pptx, importing them in LibO, saving
as odp and then using the slides as libreoffice presentations.

An example of this is provided by the attached presentation where the first
page layout includes three fillable textual elements disposed asymmetrically.

With the master pages features of LibO, it is impossible to obtain an odd
number of fillable elements of this sort, which behave like auto-layout
elements but are not really interpreted as such in LibO.

This issue seems to be caused by limitations in the master page UI
functionality and is probably strictly related to bug 132941.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open the attached presentation
2. Create a new empty presentation
3. Try to obtain something as in 1. using only LibO

Actual Results:
It is impossible to do point 3.

Expected Results:
LibO should let one add extra autolayout elements to a slide as powerpoint
does. Interestingly if one does it in powerpoint, then LibO can import the
powerpoint slides with such elements.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
[Information automatically included from LibreOffice]
Locale: en-US
Module: StartModule
[Information guessed from browser]
OS: Linux (All)
OS is 64bit: yes

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