https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39080

--- Comment #7 from Christoph <[email protected]> 2012-02-19 
14:24:40 PST ---
(In reply to comment #6)
> Created attachment 57217 [details]
> MS-Word setting to make white-space removal the default view
> 
> @Christoph Noack
> 
> Christoph, you said: "Microsoft changed the behavior from 2003 to 2007 and
> made this feature "more hidden". I assume they wanted to completely
> remove it, but feared the feedback by the existing user base."
> 
> This is not true. There were never plans to remove it; the feature is a well 
> regarded feature. I don't know about Word 2007, but Word 2010 has made this
> feature even more prominent & powerful by adding a setting under File > 
> Options that allows users to make it the default Print Layout view. I 
> attached a photo
> showing the setting.

Thanks for the file! Some details: From 2003 to 2007, MS changed the "single 
click" to a "double click" to enable / disable the header/footer area. But, the
mousover still suggest that "single click" works. So this is clearly a UI bug. 
The options page you are referring to is required to a) make the feature more
accessible to non-mouse users, and b) help people who don't know about this 
feature how to get back the white space. Finally, it also enables users to 
enable /
disable it - as you said. This option is also available in MSO 2007.

> LO Writer needs a setting to make its Print Layout view automatically hide 
> white space between pages. Be nice to see this setting added to Writer in the 
> next
> Libre Office release!

Again, I think users will benefit even more if we deliver a good draft view 
that provides clear separation between different view modes. MS even offers a
"symptoms" description for "lost users":
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/my-top-margin-is-missing-HP010024038.aspx

(If we need more discussion, we should switch from the issue tracker to the 
design list, I think...)

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