https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=145512
Bug ID: 145512
Summary: Unchecking Automatic beneath First Line Indent setting
does not work; still suppresses First Line Indent
setting
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 7.2.2.2 release
Hardware: Other
OS: macOS (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
I have two styles, used for setting poetry, that involve a Before Text indent
of .30" and a First Line indent of -.30"; this results in the rather infrequent
runover lines being hung. For the paperback version, LibreOffice works
flawlessly to do this. This hanging indentation is also important for books
output to ePub so that, if read on a smaller device or in larger type, the
runover lines will be clear. Runover lines occur far more frequently on
digitally read devices.
According to what I am reading, checking the Automatic box beneath these
settings will result in the First Line setting being ignored. That's not what I
want. But with the Automatic box UNchecked, the negative First Line indent is
still ignored, resulting in all lines starting with a .30" indentation and the
first line not pulled back to the left by -.30".
FORMATTING, EPUB, EXPORT
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set up a NewLine paragraph style with Before Text .30", After Text .00", and
First Indent -.30"; uncheck Automatic.
2. Apply style to several lines of text that extend past the document margins.
3. Export to ePub (2.0 or 3.0 does not matter) using Page Break segmenting.
4. View the ePub output.
Actual Results:
Title
First line of poem that extends past the margin
that should be hung.
Expected Results:
Title
First line of poem that extends past the margin
that should be hung.
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
It seems this is only due to a failure of the ePub output module to recognize
the status of the Automatic check box; instead of reading First Line indent
when unchecked, it ignores it whether unchecked or not and reads only the
Before Text setting (which, in this example, indents (hangs) all lines, not
just any runovers past the first line).
>From Help - Libre Office:
Indent
Before text
Enter the amount of space that you want to indent the paragraph from the page
margin. If you want the paragraph to extend into the page margin, enter a
negative number. In Left-to-Right languages, the left edge of the paragraph is
indented with respect to the left page margin. In Right-to-Left languages, the
right edge of the paragraph is indented with respect to the right page margin.
After text
Enter the amount of space that you want to indent the paragraph from the page
margin. If you want the paragraph to extend into the page margin, enter a
negative number. In Left-to-Right languages, the right edge of the paragraph is
indented with respect to the right page margin. In Right-to-Left languages, the
left edge of the paragraph is indented with respect to the left page margin.
First line
Indents the first line of a paragraph by the amount that you enter. >>>>To
create a hanging indent enter a positive value for "Before text" and a negative
value for "First line".<<<< To indent the first line of a paragraph that uses
numbering or bullets, choose "Format - Bullets and Numbering - Position".
Automatic
Automatically indents a paragraph according to the font size and the line
spacing. The setting in the First Line box is ignored.
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