Public bug reported:
LO version: 4.2.6.3
Ubuntu version: 14.04
Here's my problem:
Suppose I have three footnotes. I want footnote 3 to refer back to footnote 1.
I go to Insert > Cross-reference > Reference, and it duly prints 1. Clicking it
sends me back to footnote 1. All fine. Now I add a footnote before footnote 1.
The erstwhile footnote 1 is now footnote 2. But the number printed in the now
footnote 4 still says 1, though clicking it sends me to the now footnote 2.
This is unexpected because, like other fields like page number, you would
expect cross-reference fields to update automatically. I have to click Update
All Fields to update it.
I've attached a document highlighting the problem. Footnote 4 refers to
footnote 2 but has printed 1. That's because I added a footnote after
the preceding sentence. Please let me know if you need more information.
EDIT: It bears mentioning that Update All Fields only works if the file
format is odt. It does not work with doc files, though I think that may
be because clicking on cross-references in doc files doesn't work and
attempting to delete them throws up "readonly content cannot be
changed".
** Affects: libreoffice (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Attachment added: "footnote bug page.odt"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1386955/+attachment/4247694/+files/footnote%20bug%20page.odt
** Description changed:
LO version: 4.2.6.3
Ubuntu version: 14.04
- Here's my problem:
- Suppose I have three footnotes. I want footnote 3 to refer back to footnote
1. I go to Insert > Cross-reference > Reference, and it duly prints 1. Clicking
it sends me back to footnote 1. All fine. Now I add a footnote before footnote
1. The erstwhile footnote 1 is now footnote 2. But the number printed in the
now footnote 4 still says 1, though clicking it sends me to the now footnote 2.
This is unexpected because, like other fields like page number, you would
expect cross-reference fields to update automatically. There doesn't appear to
be any way to update all the fields automatically either.
+ Here's my problem:
+ Suppose I have three footnotes. I want footnote 3 to refer back to footnote
1. I go to Insert > Cross-reference > Reference, and it duly prints 1. Clicking
it sends me back to footnote 1. All fine. Now I add a footnote before footnote
1. The erstwhile footnote 1 is now footnote 2. But the number printed in the
now footnote 4 still says 1, though clicking it sends me to the now footnote 2.
This is unexpected because, like other fields like page number, you would
expect cross-reference fields to update automatically. I have to click Update
All Fields to update it.
I've attached a document highlighting the problem. Footnote 4 refers to
footnote 2 but has printed 1. That's because I added a footnote after
the preceding sentence. Please let me know if you need more information.
** Description changed:
LO version: 4.2.6.3
Ubuntu version: 14.04
Here's my problem:
Suppose I have three footnotes. I want footnote 3 to refer back to footnote
1. I go to Insert > Cross-reference > Reference, and it duly prints 1. Clicking
it sends me back to footnote 1. All fine. Now I add a footnote before footnote
1. The erstwhile footnote 1 is now footnote 2. But the number printed in the
now footnote 4 still says 1, though clicking it sends me to the now footnote 2.
This is unexpected because, like other fields like page number, you would
expect cross-reference fields to update automatically. I have to click Update
All Fields to update it.
I've attached a document highlighting the problem. Footnote 4 refers to
footnote 2 but has printed 1. That's because I added a footnote after
the preceding sentence. Please let me know if you need more information.
+
+ EDIT: It bears mentioning that Update All Fields only works if the file
+ format is odt. It does not work with doc files, though I think that may
+ be because clicking on cross-references in doc files doesn't work and
+ attempting to delete them throws up "readonly content cannot be
+ changed".
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cross-reference to footnote doesn't update footnote number when
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