https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96733
--- Comment #10 from Virgil <[email protected]> --- Jonathan, Thank you for your comment, but I don't think I've adequately explained my bug report. I fully agree that "A single subhead in a a chapter or a single B-Level subhead under an A level subhead may be viewed as illogical and asymmetrical." But, that has nothing to do with my concern. Perhaps my error was in giving single item outline levels in my examples; I was only trying to simplify my demonstration of what can be a confusing state of affairs. Let me try again. Outlines consist of both headings and normal text. However, I think LO's outline numbering assumes that all outline levels are headings. But, that's not the case in the real world. I often use outlines similar to the following: 1. Heading a. Normal text b. Normal text 1.1 Subhead a. Normal text b. Normal text 1.2 Subhead a. Normal text b. Normal text 2. Heading 2.1 Subhead a. Normal text b. Normal text 2.2 Subhead (etc.) To create this using LO's outline numbering, I created a ten level outline scheme. The first five outline levels are heading styles, the last five outline levels are for normal text. My ten levels look like this (with their associated paragraph style names): 1 Heading 1 1.1 Heading 2 1.1.1 Heading 3 1.1.1.1 Heading 4 1.1.1.1.1 Heading 5 a. Outline-1 i. Outline-2 A. Outline-3 I. Outline-4 (a) Outline-5 I like using the outline system because I can use the <Tab> key to easily promote and demote levels. Editing my outline is fast and easy. Now, when I create the above outline using my LO outline scheme, I get the following results. 1. Heading (Outline level 1) a. Normal text (Outline level 6) b. Normal text (Outline level 6) 1.2 Subhead (Outline level 2) a. Normal text (Outline level 6) b. Normal text (Outline level 6) 1.3 Subhead (Outline level 2) a. Normal text (Outline level 6) b. Normal text (Outline level 6) 2. Heading (Outline level 1) 2.1 Subhead (Outline level 2) a. Normal text (Outline level 6) b. Normal text (Outline level 6) 2.2 Subhead (Outline level 2) (etc.) You'll notice the first instance of my subhead is numbered 1.2 rather than the "correct" 1.1. The reason for this is that I've inserted two paragraphs of Outline level 6 between Outline level 1 ("1. Heading") and Outline level 2 ("1.1 Subhead"). LO essentially gives the first Outline level 6 paragraph a value of 1.1.1.1.1.1 (even though I call it "a"). However, since I have not yet used level 1.1, this paragraph *should* be valued at 1.0.0.0.0.1. I believe LO's number value of this paragraph is erroneous resulting in the first instance of "1.1 Subhead" being "incorrectly" numbered "1.2 Subhead". Now, it has been suggested that I should simply give Outline level 2 a start value of "0". That would result in "1.1 Subhead" being properly numbered, but it would then make "2.1 Subhead" read "2.0 Subhead", which is also incorrect. It has also been suggested that, for my normal text, I should not use outline numbering, but rather "regular" numbering. But, if I do that, then my normal paragraphs do not restart at "a" after each heading style. I then have to go in to each paragraph of "a. Normal text" and manually restart the numbering at "a". Such manual formatting defeats the purpose of computing. If I do the same outline in LaTeX, I get "correct" results, which correspond to my first outline shown above. ReStructuredText and Markdown also give correct results. I will admit that LO is in good company with this incorrect numbering. AOO, as well as MS-Word and Atlantis all behave the same way. I realize this is complex. I also realize that nobody else may care as much as I do. So, if the LO developers agree that incorrect outline numbering is "NOTABUG" I'll just move my outline work over to LaTeX, which does it right. Thanks again for listening. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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