[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 125268] Wrong text highlight color when export document to doc/docx

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125268

--- Comment #36 from Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com> ---
(In reply to Bart from comment #32)
> I was also taken by surprise that I had selected "Light Yellow 3" in a
> document, saved it as .doc , and to see that the color was changed to
> "Yellow" after I had reopened it.

This!  This is the challenge in a default configuration right now, which
also caught me by surprise.

> So I hope that I have a useful suggestion. For me as a user everything is
> much less surprising if they are visible.
>
> Image "HighlightAndShading.png" gives a photoshopped impression. In this
> suggestion Highlighting and Shading can be seen at the same time. Users
> should be better aware of the two when both are visible at the same time.

I think this is an interesting suggestion.  Thanks for putting this forward,
Bart.

For a "normal" LibreOffice user it may not be intuitive - the challenge,
however, remains how we can inform users of the challenge (change of colors
when interoperability with Microsoft Office is required) and how to avoid it?

(In reply to Tamás Zolnai from comment #34)
> In MSO, character shading and character highlight are the same functionality

...which is very confusing, though of course nothing we have control over;
rather, it has been a source of challenges for us.

> I think the suggestion of adding two sections of colors can't be added in
> general for all users, because "native" LO users don't care about MSO, so
> they don't need to be confused about two character background color.
> However, we already have some MSO compatibility option, so I can imagine a
> new option which enables this UI for those who need better MSO compatibility.

Thank you for the detailed background, Tamás. Do you have an idea how we can
point people towards that option (which is really hidden)? Or could some work
on the color palettes, in a default config, help?

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