https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126383
Alyssa Marcoux <[email protected]> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |[email protected] --- Comment #3 from Alyssa Marcoux <[email protected]> --- Created attachment 84999 --> https://bz.apache.org/ooo/attachment.cgi?id=84999&action=edit Screenshots of Replication Steps Configuration: Computer: Lenovo T410 OS: Windows 7, 64-bit Open Office 4.2.0 AOO420m1(Build:9800) - Rev. 1692551 Rev.1692551 Replication Steps: 1. Create new document 2. Select Page in Format Menu 3. Select Page tab 4. Select Landscape 5. Verify Margins are all at 0.79” 6. Select OK 7. Select Columns in Format Menu 8. Verify AutoWidth box is checked 9. Increment number of Columns to 5 10. Increment Spacing to at least 0.47” (With 0.79” margins in Landscape when AutoWidth is selected the critical point to cause error is a spacing of 0.47”, at 0.46” and below error will not occur) 11. Click into number of Columns box, don't change from 5 (this will update column widths they should be at 1.51” each) 12. Select OK 13. Verify 5 columns on document 14. Select Columns in Format Menu 15. Uncheck AutoWidth box 16. Check number of Columns box it has been updated to 4 17. Check picture in corner still shows 5 columns 18. Widths should all still be 1.51” 19. Select OK 20. Verify 5 columns on document 21. Select Columns in Format Menu 22. Verify everything looks still like steps 15-17 23. Verify widths have been updated to 2.0” 24. Select OK 25. Verify there are now 4 columns on document (this is the error) Attachments: 1. Format_Menu_Page_Tab_Steps_3-6.PNG 2. AutoWidth_Columns_5_Spacing_47_Steps_7-11.PNG 3. Uncheck_AutoWidth_Columns_4_Spacing_47_Steps_14-19.PNG 4. Second_Check_Of_columns_Steps_21-24.PNG 5. Now_4_columns_Step_25.PNG Follow up Tests: Following the same basic process as above I checked in both Landscape and Portrait mode and each with different margin settings. Both exhibited the same behavior, once spacing was set beyond a certain point, like the 0.47”. This was also true for any number of columns above one. If you set the spacing high enough and do not have AutoWidth checked it will auto adjust the number of columns allowed. For example at 1. 5 columns in landscape 2. a spacing of 0.87” 3. it will auto adjust to 2 columns if AutoWidth is not checked Observations: Originally I believed this might have something to do with the overall dimensions of the columns, spacing and margins going beyond the allowed 11” in Landscape and 8.5” in Portrait. However, after doing the math for the page in Landscape, at the breaking point of 0.46” to 0.47” spacing with 0.79” margins all around the math works as the following: 0.46 stays at 5 columns (1.52*5) + (.46*4) + (.79*2) = 11.02 0.47 5 columns (1.51*5) + (.47*4) + (.79*2) = 11.01 1. Adjusts to 4 columns (2.0*4) + (.47*3) + (.79*2) = 10.99 At a spacing of 0.46” it is actually at 0.02 past the 11” and at a spacing of 0.47” is only at 0.01 past 11” and then adjusts to 0.01 below the 11”. So it does not appear to be an issue with exceeding the 11” or it would break at 0.46”. I still believe it might have to do with the program's math for auto adjusting values to keep it within the limits of the page, because if you attempt to change any individual width value or spacing value it will update other values automatically to keep the values balanced. However, you will not see that it has updated these values until you have clicked into a different box or selected OK and return to the page. Related Bugs: I searched as far back as 2005 in the database using the terms “column, autowidth” I found a couple bugs that appear to be related to this one. They each have something to do with the columns having issues when changing certain settings, specifically to do with setting values that are likely to break the autowidth function and go beyond the accepted bounds. Issue125875 - Page columns' default after invalid input varies. Issue87652 - column width modified in page style with border when changing tab in dialog Issue46037 - Column width becomes large than the page width in columns dialog (Confirmed bug from 2005, did quick replication and is still an issue) -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the issue.
