[Issue 124252] saving (*.doc) footnote with more than 1 custom symbol fails

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https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=124252

Tomislav Delalic <td...@outlook.com> changed:

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--- Comment #19 from Tomislav Delalic <td...@outlook.com> ---
I was able to replicate the problem on the following configuration:

Windows 10 

OpenOffice 4.2.0



Steps I followed:

1. Create a sample text (can be only one character)

2. Add footnote with ** as numbering

* Observe that the cursor is not placed just after the second *, but apparently
inserts few blank spaces between ** and the cursor

3. Save the document as a .doc format

4. Open the saved document in OpenOffice



Observed behaviour:

Previously entered ** in the footnote now appear with few spaces between each *
. 



Spacing will happen even if you enter more than two characters and regardless
of spaces between them and regardless of characters we use. Tested and
reproduced with:

(place the following lines in step 2)

a. Insert four characters with one space between each of them

b. Insert two or more characters other than * (any character, including letters
and numbers)



However, the space added after I did the initial insert of characters (step 2)
asked for some followup tests:

1. Insert the footnote with ** characters

2. Delete the spaces added by the operation

3. Save the document as .doc

4. Open the saved document in OpenOffice

Observed behaviour: 

Footnote is displayed as it was before saving, without blank spaces between *
characters.



Another test in order to see if the same happens when editing the document:

1. Insert the footnote with ** characters

2. Delete the spaces added by the operation

3. Save the document as .doc

4. Open the saved document in OpenOffice and add space right after the two *
characters

5. Close and reopen the document in OpenOffice

Observed behaviour:

Footnote is displayed as it was before saving, without blank spaces between *
characters



Repeat the same, but using Word to modify the document:

1. Insert the footnote with ** characters

2. Delete the spaces added by the operation

3. Save the document as .doc

4. Open the saved document in Word and add space right after the two *
characters

5. Close and reopen the document in OpenOffice

Observed behaviour:

Footnote is displayed as it was before saving, without blank spaces between *
characters


>From what it seems, the actual problem causing this behaviour might be: 

The adding of two characters in a footnote for the first time adds blank spaces
following them, that causes blank spaces to appear between characters afer
saving it in a .doc format and reopening with OpenOffice

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