Tomaž Vajngerl committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master":
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=98608e57f21820ec1d2c6cd77f433b6963e249a6 fdo#38144 In ruler snap to markers for tab stops, margins, etc. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback. -- 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/370034 Title: [Upstream] No horizontal ruler snapping in Writer Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite: In Progress Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Unknown Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “openoffice.org” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Binary package hint: openoffice.org 1) lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 11.04 Release: 11.04 2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer libreoffice-writer: Installed: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 Candidate: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 Version table: *** 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu4 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages 3) What is expected to happen is when one clicks the horizontal ruler in effort to set up consistent margins, tab stops, and paragraph indents, it snaps to the markers. 4) What happens instead is they have complete freedom of movement. WORKAROUND: Click Format -> Paragraph... -> Indent & Spacing tab and choose desired indents. WORKAROUND: Use AbiWord. apt-cache policy abiword abiword: Installed: 2.8.6-0.3build1 Candidate: 2.8.6-0.3build1 Version table: *** 2.8.6-0.3build1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/universe i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: LinuxMint 6 Package: openoffice.org-core 1:3.0.1-7ubuntu1~intrepid1 ProcEnviron: PATH=/usr/lib/openoffice/program:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: openoffice.org Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686 UnreportableReason: This is not a genuine LinuxMint package To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/370034/+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