Imported canvases from word turn into uneditable bricks

[samiam95124]

I was able to reformat the document by a combination of using ctl-a, then reselect as default page style. This worked on half the document. The other half needed to be converted by going to the section header for that chapter, and selecting the default for the first and second pages, which were assigned different styles.

The paste to unformatted technique was noted. Its more a matter of not wanting to start over. My recommendation to libreoffice is if an operation like accepting a .docx document is going to create a huge mess, then warn or just don’t do it. You want users to migrate from word? Don’t whack them with a stick. But hey, that is my opinion.

[EarnestAl]

If you have the original .docx file, you could try opening them in LibreOffice 24.2 (release date week starting 29th January 2024). There has been an improvement in the filter, see ReleaseNotes/24.2 - The Document Foundation Wiki

[Zizi64]

Can you upload the original .docx document here?

[Wanderer]

@samiam95124

You want users to migrate from word?

I don’t think anybody at TDF has illusions to “rule the world” aka pushing M$-Office aside - especially without the power of money… Some of “us” simply think it is important to have choice.
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There are several levels: One may use LibreOffice for new projects and take the migration as a good point to re-think organisation and create new templates, carefully using parts of older documents.
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You can test, what is convertable/ usable. Check first what “standard” your documents are saved in, as most documents I see do not comply to the published standard, but use extended versions. Always expect problems, especially concerning internal structures. A lot of people don’t care, as direct formatting is all they know and don’t see anything beyond “what you see is all you get”.
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Not recommended but often used is the method to work directly with docx/xlsx, wich results in a translation on every load and save.

@samiam95124

then warn or just don’t do it.

People don’t like to to click on “I know what I’m doing” every minute. And some just wish to have their old stuff readable, may be printable. So why should one prevent this, because you can’t edit the group. (Sometimes I think the most valuable possibility in LibreOffice for M$-users seems to be conversion to PDF on the command-line.)