Why do you expect attributes to be consistent when switching from one style to another? If your default paragraph uses a (directly applied) italic font style it will be removed when switching to any other style.
We could turn this question around and ask what you expect when switching from one style to another. Meaning whether all or just the different attributes should be overwritten. Let's say the text is Text Body with the special attribute italic (whether set directly or via style modification doesn't matter). Switching to Heading 1 could mean you expect the font size larger and the bold weight to be applied - in addition to the italic weight. This does not solve the use case to explicitly switch off an attribute, eg. H1 in bold but H2 not. The issue is clearly NAB. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1093765 Title: [upstream] switching paragraph style changes character orientation Status in LibreOffice: Confirmed Status in libreoffice package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: 1) lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 13.04 Release: 13.04 2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer libreoffice-writer: Installed: 1:4.0.2-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1:4.0.2-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1:4.0.2-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3) What is expected to happen in Writer via a terminal: cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1093765/+attachment/3688368/+files/test-bug1093765.doc && lowriter --nologo test-bug1093765.doc is select all -> change combo box Apply Style from Text Body to Heading 1 and the text style changes, preserving the character order. 4) What happens instead is: (Example text=) טקסט לדוגמה changes to: טקסט לדוגמה (=Example text) Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 Word Version 14.0.6023.1000 (32-bit) changes it to: =)טקסט לדוגמהExample text( ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: libreoffice-core 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-21.32-generic 3.5.7.1 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-21-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Dec 26 11:20:42 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: libreoffice UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-19 (67 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/1093765/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
