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["Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.penalver@xxxxxxx>]

Gretha, keeping in mind the Writer limitations previously mentioned,
Compare Document'ing the originally attached files via the Terminal:

cd ~/Desktop && wget -c
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/782406/+attachment/2610679/+files
/LibreOffice-CompareDoc-Version-1.odt -O draft.odt && wget -c
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/782406/+attachment/2610680/+files
/LibreOffice-CompareDoc-Version-2.odt -O final.odt && lowriter -nologo
draft.odt

Edit -> Compare Document... -> final.odt -> Insert button

Writer marks 4 differences correctly, 2 Insertions and 2 Deletions.

Stripping out these differences, the footnote, and unflagged
similarities, one has via the Terminal:

cd ~/Desktop && wget
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/782406/+attachment/2619286/+files
/simple-draft.odt && wget
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/782406/+attachment/2619287/+files
/simple-final.odt && lowriter -nologo simple-draft.odt

Edit -> Compare Document... -> simple-final.odt -> Insert button

which flags 2 differences:
1 Insertion: in order
1 Deletion: so at

Looking at how Word compares via the Terminal:

cd ~/Desktop && wget
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/782406/+attachment/2619289/+files
/simple-draft.doc && wget
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/782406/+attachment/2619290/+files
/simple-final.doc && wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Microsoft\
Office/OFFICE11/WINWORD.EXE simple-draft.doc

Tools -> Compare and Merge Documents... -> uncheck Legal blackline -> uncheck Find formatting -> Merge drop down -> Merge into current document flags 1 difference:
1 Deletion: so at

So while Writer does not match ones functionality expectation of how
Word compares documents in this pocket case, Writer is enhanced past
Word to more accurately represent what actually occurred.

To boil this down, this report has been created in ignorance of how
Writer performs document comparisons, which was discussed. Feel free to
report any future bugs you may find.

lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 11.10
Release:	11.10

apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer
libreoffice-writer:
  Installed: 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:3.4.3-3ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main i386 Packages

** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  LibreOffice Writer Document Compare (regression)

Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: libreoffice

  Comparing two files has reverted to the old OOo behaviour of flagging
  entire long sequences of paragraphs as different, when in fact they
  are actually identical except maybe for just one or two minor
  typographical differences.

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