https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=124897
Issue ID: 124897
Issue Type: DEFECT
Summary: Outline numbering position default values irrational
Product: Writer
Version: 4.0.1
Hardware: Mac
OS: Mac OSX, 10.5
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P3
Component: formatting
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
The default position settings in outline numbering are irrational for all units
other than inches.
Replication
1 Set units to centimetres, tabs to 1.0 cm in preferences.
2 Turn on numbering.
3 Select outline.
4 Select 1.1.1.1.1.1. Click OK.
5 Open bullets and numbering dialogue.
6 Select Position. Level 1 defaults are set to 1.27, 0.64. 1.27, level 2 to
1.91, 1.27, 1.91, with corresponding irrational values for levels 3 to 10.
7 This leaves the user with the task of manually editing 30 settings in order
to restore rational values, which may well require 150 keystrokes or more.
Similar difficulties are experienced working in millimetres, points, and
presumably picas.
The problem is egregious because there is no way to reset the defaults to
values the user would prefer.
This leaves them facing this labourious and unnecessary task repeatedly:
with every new document
repeated within the same document as the customised values are lost on closing
numbering (bug report to follow shortly).
When considering the severity of this bug, please note that most of the world
is now metric, and that outlines are routinely used for very long and serious
documents such as books, and legal briefs which may run to boxes of paper –
literally thousands of pages.
It is presumed this bug applies to all forms of numbering.
Remediation
A method is needed which provides sensible, user-friendly default values for
non-imperialist users.
It would be most welcome if this could cover all measurement default settings.
Many thanks
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