Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 79196
Images broken when importing ODPs created with earlier OOos
Last modified: 2013-08-07 15:21:02 UTC
Attached is a presentation created with an earlier version of OOo (I think 2.1). When opening this file in OOo 2.2.1 the pictures in the Notes view are broken. Letters turn into unreadable blobs (see attached screenshot). Even worse is that this affects the printout, too. Switching between Notes and Normal view and/or editing the text can temporarily fix an image (proving that the actual image data that is still intact but OOo performs some weird transformation on it for display and printing), but switching to a different slide will break things again. In any case, I have not managed to get a readable printout of the complete Notes. This issue is quite critical for us. We have several of these presentations where the printout of the Notes is essential, because it forms the basis for courses held in-house. Since we have so far not found a workaround or a way to quickly fix the affected documents, it is possible that this will block our ability to upgrade to OOo versions > 2.1. Furthermore, compatibility issues such as this undermine our internal efforts to establish OpenDocument as the format of choice. If someone knows of a way to fix the documents in question, please post it, even if it requires manipulating the XML inside the ODP (we can do that with a script to fix many documents in batch).
Created attachment 46509 [details] created with OOo < 2.2, images in Notes view broken in OOo >= 2.2
Created attachment 46510 [details] Illustrates the broken images in the Notes view
I checked with "2.2.1 Multilingual German version WIN XP: [680m18(Build9161)]" and can confirm the reported effects, but I was not able to reproduce that with an own Presentation created with "2.0.2 German version WIN XP: [680m5(Build9011)]" and never saw that with own IMPRESS documents. 'Kapitel_XX_Muster.odp' looks fine when I open it with 2.0.2 Currently I can not decite whether it's a problem with 2.2.1 or with mux2005's old OOo version. The problem remains when I save 'Kapitel_XX_Muster.odp' with 2.0.2 and reopen it with 2.2.1. @mux2005: Please specify your OS and Platform. Can you give any hints how to create an own presentation document with broken images?
Set to new and change the target.
I can reproduce the bug. When I switch to the normal view and switch back into the notesview the graphics looks correct. in my mind a refresh is missing. Please have a look.
@rainerbielefeld: Since I have not created this document I can't give you details on how it was done (only that it was under Windows). And I don't see why that's important. Compatibility needs to be maintained. If some version of OOo writes broken ODPs, then all later versions have to be able to read those broken ODPs. That may not be pretty from a technical standpoint but it's a major requirement of end users. And if OOo is not committed to this, it will not only hurt OOo but the whole OpenDocument format. Users want the reassurance that they will be able to use todays documents 10 years from now. What I'm currently seeing is that we're unable to use OpenDocument files created 1 year ago. You can imagine how that improves my confidence in the format.
Changing OS back to all, since I'm seeing the problem on Linux.
Basically, this is a feature. In slide sorter and notes view images are displayed via a lower resolution preview. However, in the bugdoc this looks really scary. @sj: Can we use a preview with increased resolution?