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title="UNCONFIRMED - Footnote number format changes after conversion to .docx and opening in Microsoft Word"
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109310">109310</a>
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>Footnote number format changes after conversion to .docx and opening in Microsoft Word
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<th>Product</th>
<td>LibreOffice
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<th>Version</th>
<td>5.3.4.2 release
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<th>Hardware</th>
<td>All
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<th>OS</th>
<td>All
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<th>Status</th>
<td>UNCONFIRMED
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>normal
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<th>Priority</th>
<td>medium
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<th>Component</th>
<td>Writer
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>maartenpelgrim@runbox.com
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<pre>Linux Mint 18.2
Installed Libreoffice and Dutch language package via the following PPA:
<a href="http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu">http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu</a> xenial main
I am using LO 5.3.4.2. and working with Writer. My thesis advisor is a
Microsoft Office user. This means that I have to convert my work to .docx
files. It is not an option to let her open .odt files; she uses office 2010.
The number format of the footnote is not properly converted, however, leaving
me with footnotes that do not begin with a superscripted number when opened in
Microsoft Word.
The steps:
1) Open Libreoffice Writer
2) Click on 'File> New> TextDocument
3) write some text
4) Click on Insert (invoegen in Dutch)> footnote- endnote> footnote.
5) Add text to the footnote
6) press F11, click characterstyles> right-click on footnotecharacters> click
modify. The stylemenu for footnote characters is now opened
7) click on position> superscript. The footnote numbers (in Writer) are now
superscripted
6) Click File> save> to save as a normal .odt file
7) Click File> save as> choose the .docx format.
7) Press CTRL+q to close Libreoffice Writer
9) Open Microsoft Word
10) open the new .docx in (any version of) Microsoft Word.
11)expected behavior: footnote numbers in the footnote are superscripted.
12) observed behavior: footnote numbers in the footnote are in basic format.
Saving it as a .docx file in the first place results in the same behavior.
The problem seems to be that the footnote numbers are made-up with a character
style. The problem, however, is that this character style is not converted
properly when saved in Writer to a .docx file and then opened in Microsoft
word.
The expected behavior, in my opinion, should be that the footnote number
character style is properly converted to a .docx file in such a way that it is
also visible in Microsoft Word.</pre>
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