Libreoffice not saving images/tables despite saving the file

[Awais]

For the first time when it happened (July 28, 06am), I thought this might be a glitch. I had added an image which was just not there when I went into my .docx file in the next morning. I added it again and just continued.

This time in the same document, I had to add a table. So I did and then saved it too. But when I opened just now, the document’s table content is written in new lines one after the other, the table is simply not there as is the case with image.

Can someone please tell me what is going on? Is this a known issue and if it is, how can I resolve it? Because this is such a basic fault, I am waiting until someone can help. I am meanwhile also scouring the internet if I can get some solution there…

Thanks in anticipation

[mikekaganski]

Your .docx is not a DOCX, but is just a plain text file.

Before the fix of tdf#123476, such problems happened when using New context menu on Windows’ File Explorer, when MS Office has been installed on the system, and its elements appeared in that menu. Which LO version do you use on which system?

[Awais]

I am learning how to check and provide my system details. So I am sorry if this seems really unnecessary. As far as I know, I am using Linux Mint Cinnamon Version. Following details can assist you in your answer further sir. And thanks for the promt reply:
Kernel: 5.4.0-122-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.4.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 wm: muffin 5.2.1 dm: LightDM 1.30.0
Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP EliteBook 840 G4 v: N/A
serial: Chassis: type: 10 serial:
Mobo: HP model: 828C v: KBC Version 45.52 serial: UEFI: HP
v: P78 Ver. 01.39 date: 04/20/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 16.2 Wh condition: 20.4/51.3 Wh (40%) volts: 11.6/11.6
model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion serial:
status: Unknown cycles: 502
CPU:
Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-7300U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Amber Lake rev: 9 L2 cache: 3072 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
bogomips: 21599
Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 400/3500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800
3: 800 4: 800
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 620 vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915
v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:5916
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.6
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:9d71
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-122-generic
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: e1000e
v: 3.2.6-k port: efa0 bus ID: 00:1f.6 chip ID: 8086:15d7
IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac:
Device-2: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: efa0
bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 8086:24fd
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac:

[mikekaganski]

OK; this shows that “MS Office’s New menu” is not the reason of creating such files.

Anyway, just specify the file type explicitly in the Save As dialog. The best is to use ODT, unless you really have a strong reason to use external (non-native, not fully supported) DOCX format (but even then, make sure that you specify that format explicitly in the Save As dialog).

[Awais]

thankyou sir.