Issue 121333 - Character corruption editing RTF multiple fonts
Summary: Character corruption editing RTF multiple fonts
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: save-export (show other issues)
Version: 3.4.1
Hardware: PC Windows 7
: P3 Major (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: AOO issues mailing list
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Keywords: needhelp
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Reported: 2012-11-10 23:43 UTC by Lisa
Modified: 2013-02-10 23:09 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
Latest Confirmation in: 3.4.1
Developer Difficulty: ---

Attachments
Corrupted double angle quotes (5.09 KB, application/msword)
2012-11-10 23:43 UTC, Lisa 		no flags Details
Original uncorrupted odt file (10.96 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2012-11-10 23:45 UTC, Lisa 		no flags Details
Another corrupt file with more strange characters (3.46 KB, application/msword)
2012-11-10 23:49 UTC, Lisa 		no flags Details
true (88.99 KB, image/jpeg)
2013-02-10 23:08 UTC, Javier Lopez 		no flags Details
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Description Lisa 2012-11-10 23:43:55 UTC 
Created attachment 79893 [details]
Corrupted double angle quotes

Changing fonts in an RTF file sometimes corrupts characters, particularly angled double quotes, into some sort of Asian/dingbat glyph.

Reproducable on both Vista and XP with the following steps. corrupted file attached.

1. Created (or opened)testoocharacters.odt file with angled double quotes, using both Times and Trebuchet (one font per line), containing the text:

       “test”

       “Another test”

Saved as RTF

2. Added <“foo”> (without angle brackets) into the middle of string "Another test" . 

3. Save/close/reopen, file looks fine. 

4. Changed <Another “foo” > to Arial. Save/close/reopen. Weird characters appear around “foo” in place of the double angle quotes. 

The reason this is a serious problem for me is that I use a writing program that works with RTF files. Before submitting my writing, I open the RTF in OpenOffice and add formatting, line spacing, etc. I then import the file back into the writing program, and now I have a file with a bunch of kanji characters in it (not just the angled double quotes, but a few other characters as well).
Comment 1 Lisa 2012-11-10 23:45:10 UTC 
Created attachment 79894 [details]
Original uncorrupted odt file
Comment 2 Lisa 2012-11-10 23:49:20 UTC 
Created attachment 79895 [details]
Another corrupt file with more strange characters
Comment 3 Javier Lopez 2013-02-10 23:08:23 UTC 
Created attachment 80251 [details]
true

Hello.
I was checking your bug and it's true, I have the same errors.
Comment 4 Javier Lopez 2013-02-10 23:09:43 UTC 
We will help you as soon as possible...
Javier Lopez