Markdown list style (ListBullet) not applied about sablon HOT 10 CLOSED

@alepore Can you upload a ruby script and a sablon template that reproduces the error? This would go a long way to help me debug the issue.

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@senny thanks, simple reproduction script: http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=38574526047958687033

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@alepore thanks for the reproduction. There was an issue with your template and with some minor modifications I was able to get the desired output:

While you did see the style "ListBullet" when authoring the template.docx it was not actually part of the template. Word has a root template called Normal.dot. That's where common styles are saved. While visible in Word, the styles of Normal.dot are not part of your template by default.

The following steps allow you to manage the styles that are part of your template:

Once you copied the styles over from Normal.dot and save your template the example should work as expected. As Sablon matures I'll add more template validation and introspection. It's a common pitfall and I'd like to make it more explicit.

Thanks for reporting. I'm going to close the issue but please report back if you get it working or still have questions related to your example.

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Thanks for reply!
The gem is really easy to use, the hard part is definitely the word template :)

Something is wrong here because i see ListBullet on both template.docx, output.docx and Normal.dot
but i still don't see the style on the output (but i can manually apply it)

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@alepore did you try copying over the ListBullet style from Normal.dotm and overwrite the one in template.docx. It might very well be that one is only a reference to the other. Copying over the style did the trick for me...

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mhh i think i tried any way to add/copy the style.
the problem is with the list itself, because if a create another formatting style (like red color) and name it ListBullet it works.
Maybe it's something with my list style...

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@alepore that sounds very much like the issue I described... You can't change the styles of Normal.dotm so when you modify a given style it's saved in the template itself. To use the default "ListBullet" style you should:

1. Open your template
2. Go to the organizer as described above
3. Copy over "ListBullet" from "Normal.dotm" into your template
4. Save & run Sablon

Those were the exact steps I used with your example.

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@senny if i start with a clean setup and i open my template i don't have ListBullet on Normal.dotm but only on the template.
i can recreate the style, there's a optional checkbox to add it to Normal.dotm, then i can follow your steps but i still don't see the list ;(

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@alepore that sure is strange. If I open a blank word document in my case, the Normal.dotm has all the predefined styles. Maybe you somehow managed to change your Normal.dotm... Anyway, if using the style in the template document works, it must be defined somewhere. It's basically a matter of copying the right definition into the template to get it working. Modifying the style slightly usually gets the job done.

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Just FYI:
I used Office 2016 for mac and now it works.
There was definitely something wrong with Office 2011 for Mac.

Thanks again for support!

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