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

Triaged Low as it has a WORKAROUND.

** Description changed:

- If you are editing some files which were created in MS Word(it doesn't matter
- if you re-save them in .odt or not), which have superscript position in
- footnote character styles, text remains in superscript if inserted after footnote characters.
+ 1) lsb_release -rd
+ Description:	Ubuntu 11.10
+ Release:	11.10
  
- Steps to reproduce:
- 1. Open an attached MS Word file
- 2. Type text right after footnote, see that the text remains superscript.
+ 2) 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
  
- Current behavior:
+ 3) What is expected to happen in LibreOffice Writer importing a Word
+ created file via the Terminal:
  
- Text style remains superscript if inserted right after footnote.
+ cd ~/Desktop && wget -c
+ https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/903608/+attachment/2630995/+files/footnoteformattingbug_1.doc
+ -O example.doc && lowriter -nologo example.doc
  
- Expected behavior:
+ on page 1 if one clicks immediately after superscript footnote 1 and
+ begins to type, the characters are not superscript, as it would occur in
+ Word.
  
- Text style must change to default if inserted right after footnote.
+ 4) What happens instead is the characters are superscript as shown in
+ https://launchpadlibrarian.net/87353347/libreofficeformattingbug.ogv
  
- Same issue was reported here by someone else:
- http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=127834
- 
- This bug exists in default Libreoffice packages of Mint Katya, Ubuntu
- Natty, Ubuntu Maverick(OpenOffice package) as well as in the latest
- buids from LibreOffice Stable PPA.
+ WORKAROUND: Click immediately after the footnote and press Ctrl+Shift+P
+ then begin typing as desired. This is documented at:
+ http://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Making_Text_Superscript_or_Subscript

** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

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

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Title:
  [Upstream] LibreOffice text remains superscript if typed right after
  footnote

Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite:
  New
Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite:
  New
Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  1) lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 11.10
  Release:	11.10

  2) 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

  3) What is expected to happen in LibreOffice Writer importing a Word
  created file via the Terminal:

  cd ~/Desktop && wget -c
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/903608/+attachment/2630995/+files/footnoteformattingbug_1.doc
  -O example.doc && lowriter -nologo example.doc

  on page 1 if one clicks immediately after superscript footnote 1 and
  begins to type, the characters are not superscript, as it would occur
  in Word.

  4) What happens instead is the characters are superscript as shown in
  https://launchpadlibrarian.net/87353347/libreofficeformattingbug.ogv

  WORKAROUND: Click immediately after the footnote and press
  Ctrl+Shift+P then begin typing as desired. This is documented at:
  http://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Making_Text_Superscript_or_Subscript

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