automatic font color in 3.4.3 is grey instead of black

i have version 3.4.3 install. (automatically installed when i did a clean install of ubuntu 11.10) but it doesn't seem to show up in the report.

marcus aurelius, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Could you please post the document that demonstrates this problem?

actually, ALL of them are grey instead of black: writer, calc, draw.

i changed it to black in styles in one document. but once you start a new document, it reverts to gray.

> Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2011 16:21:25 +0000
> From: <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 886438] Re: automatic font color in 3.4.3 is grey instead of black
>
> marcus aurelius, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu
> better. Could you please post the document that demonstrates this
> problem?
>
> ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/886438
>
> Title:
> automatic font color in 3.4.3 is grey instead of black
>
> Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> the automatic font color in previous version were black. in ver.
> 3.4.3, it is gray.
>
> this is extremely disruptive if old documents are editing, as there
> will be a mixture of black and grey characters. this result in a
> highly unprofessional document.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
> Package: libreoffice (not installed)
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
> Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
> ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Fri Nov 4 21:33:35 2011
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
> ProcEnviron:
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: libreoffice
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/886438/+subscriptions

here's a sample document i created.

marcus aurelius, this is unreproducible in Xubuntu 11.10.

 lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10

apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer
libreoffice-writer:
  Installed: 1:3.4.3-3ubuntu2
  Candidate: 1:3.4.3-3ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.4.3-3ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

maybe you can't see it. but if you print it, it should be visibile.

have you tried what i did in the sample document?

type text and use the default font colour. then type another set of they then apply black to it.

> Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 00:10:18 +0000
> From: <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 886438] Re: automatic font color in 3.4.3 is grey instead of black
>
> marcus aurelius, this is unreproducible in Xubuntu 11.10.
>
> lsb_release -rd
> Description: Ubuntu 11.10
> Release: 11.10
>
> apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer
> libreoffice-writer:
> Installed: 1:3.4.3-3ubuntu2
> Candidate: 1:3.4.3-3ubuntu2
> Version table:
> *** 1:3.4.3-3ubuntu2 0
> 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main i386 Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu)
> Status: Incomplete => New
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/886438
>
> Title:
> automatic font color in 3.4.3 is grey instead of black
>
> Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> the automatic font color in previous version were black. in ver.
> 3.4.3, it is gray.
>
> this is extremely disruptive if old documents are editing, as there
> will be a mixture of black and grey characters. this result in a
> highly unprofessional document.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
> Package: libreoffice (not installed)
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
> Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
> ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Fri Nov 4 21:33:35 2011
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
> ProcEnviron:
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: libreoffice
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/886438/+subscriptions

i have ubuntu 11.10 and libreoffice 3.4.3 installed on two computers. it behaves the same way on both.

> Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 00:10:18 +0000
> From: <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 886438] Re: automatic font color in 3.4.3 is grey instead of black
>
> marcus aurelius, this is unreproducible in Xubuntu 11.10.
>
> lsb_release -rd
> Description: Ubuntu 11.10
> Release: 11.10
>
> apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer
> libreoffice-writer:
> Installed: 1:3.4.3-3ubuntu2
> Candidate: 1:3.4.3-3ubuntu2
> Version table:
> *** 1:3.4.3-3ubuntu2 0
> 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main i386 Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu)
> Status: Incomplete => New
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/886438
>
> Title:
> automatic font color in 3.4.3 is grey instead of black
>
> Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> the automatic font color in previous version were black. in ver.
> 3.4.3, it is gray.
>
> this is extremely disruptive if old documents are editing, as there
> will be a mixture of black and grey characters. this result in a
> highly unprofessional document.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
> Package: libreoffice (not installed)
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
> Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
> ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Fri Nov 4 21:33:35 2011
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
> ProcEnviron:
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: libreoffice
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/886438/+subscriptions

Okay. I tested this out.

I installed libreoffice from the software center. The font colour of "automatic" is black.

I ran libreoffice from the CD in trial mode. The font colour of "automatic" is grey.

Something probably happened to change the automatic colour when the interface was redesigned to enable the global menu in unity.

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

I can confirm this bug with Libreoffice 3.5 on Ubuntu Natty.

Changing the text color to black solves the problem. It displays automatically black text on white blackground and white text on black or blue background.

I am also affected by this bug. I run the updated version of Lubuntu 12.04 beta 2 and LibreOffice 3.5.1.2, Build ID: 350m1(Build:102). If I create a text-string which is formatted with automatic text color it is grey. I can easily perceive the difference if I hard-format that string with black text-color, afterwards.

I've been facing the same problem using LibreOffice version 3.5.3.2 under Ubuntu 12.04.

Same problem using LibreOffice v3.5.3.2 with Ubuntu 12.04. I just freshly installed my system. And if I print it or export the document to PDF, the gray color is preserved.