Bug created tdf#156184
I have created presentations using Impress several years ago which are used as templates to paste into newer presentations. Some time ago, I noticed bullets appearing on some of the slides when opening with Powerpoint and I’m finally getting around to troubleshooting them.
I’ve done a bit of troubleshooting and this is how the issue can be recreated.
Libreoffice 7.5.3.2 (as far as I can tell all versions I’ve had for the last year or two have exhibited this)
Template PPTX file: No slides show bullets in either Impress or PowerPoint
Impress open/resave Template PPTX: Impress shows no bullets. Powerpoint shows slide 1 is fine but slides 2 and beyond all are bulleted.
A few items to note. The bullets that mysteriously appear seem to be distinctly different (smaller) than the bullets that are inserted by default when I use the bullet button in Impress to add them. If I manually add bullets using Impress to the affected slides, the mysterious bullets are replaced by the (larger) Impress bullets. However if I then remove the manually added bullets, the mysterious bullets reappear when opening with Powerpoint again.
This issue also occurs if I use Impress to copy the original template slides to a new presentation and save that using Impress (rather than just re-saving).
Opening the original template using Powerpoint and re-saving does not produce the issue.
The only way I’ve found to remove the bullets is to open the presentation using Powerpoint, un-bullet the affected slides, and re-save. Once this is done, neither Powerpoint nor Impress show bullets on the affected slides.
Template originally created in Impress (I think) showing no bullet issues:
Template opened and re-saved using Impress with bullet issues (slides 2 and beyond):
My first question is can this be replicated by others? And, obviously, my second question is about a solution. I’d be ok if Impress would just show the bullets so I can remove them when I notice them being pasted in the new presentations. But, ideally, these mysterious/hidden bullets should not added when resaving or copying/pasting in the first place.