https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=124899
Issue ID: 124899
Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
Summary: ENHANCEMENT: User definable defaults for outline
numbering position.
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]
Issues 124897 and 124898 relate.
At present there is no way to change the default position settings for outline
numbering. This is egrigious for three reasons:
1. The default setting values are irrational unless you happen to be working in
imperial units. See issue 124897 for details.
2. If you do not wish to use the default settings you are faced with having to
manually change them for every new document opened.
3. Once set, the settings are not retained through the rest of the document,
but lost on closing and outlines. See issue 124898.
Correcting this is labourious because it requires 3 or more manual entries for
each outline level – 30 or more for the full outline – 150 key stokes or more.
The enhancement could be expedited by adding a 'save as default' button to the
Outline/Position dialogue, and renaming the existing 'default' button 'restore
default'.
It might also help to be able to access these settings from Preferences. (And
all other default settings – though that would presumably require a separate
enhancement request?).
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.
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