After installing v5.4.6 I was told to reboot which I did. After rebooting I opened my document and the page count was 456 pages as usual but within seconds it shrunk down to 362 pages. I’m using a template I created myself which has worked perfectly over the years of numerous LibreOffice updates. The formatting doesn’t appear to have changed in the template but, nonetheless, the page count of the document keeps shrinking down to 362 pages. I opened older versions of the document which I know are fine but they also shrink down to approx 362 pages depending on the original word count. I checked the word and character count and they have not changed. I also tried resetting the line spacing to double just in case that had changed but it made no difference. I even uninstalled v5.4.6 and reinstalled the previous version but the problem persists. I have created PDF’s of all my saved versions of this document so I can check them with the original.
The strangest part of this problem is that when I open the document, LibreOffice reports 456 pages in the information bar and then, about a second later, the page number shrinks down to 362. The text size, line spacing, headers, footers and margins all seem to be the same.
Any help appreciated.
UPdate: I think I’ve found the problem. Somehow the double line spacing has changed width since I installed v5.4.6. Even though I’ve uninstalled v5.4.6 and reinstalled the previous version the problem is still there. The normal double line spacing was wider than it is now so that’s why the document has shrunk. As a test, I tried formatting the doc to single spacing and the lines are unnaturally close together now. I think that installing v5.4.6 has messed up the line spacing. Why did installing the latest LibreOffice version change the width of double line spacing and how do I fix this?