https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149381

--- Comment #4 from Mike Kaganski <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to Dieter from comment #2)
> LO should be more than just a pure copy
> of MS Office and if it is possible to provide a better solution, we should
> provide it.

First of all: there is no "better" solution for opening *any file* than to show
the document exactly as it was intended to be shown by the author.

Which means:

* For external formats: follow the format specification *and the de-facto
standard implementation* - which, for OOXML, would be MS Office applications.

* For legacy documents in own format: open them exactly as they were shown
previously.

Anything else is simply breaking existing documents and interoperability, so
would be unacceptable.

So the *only* way this could be ever implemented is just for newly created own
documents, where the document would bear a "new-style" compatibility flag
(which missing state would mean "keep hiding the empty paragraphs", making it
safe for old documents).

And generally, unless there is a user demand, I see this a WONTFIX - it looks
primarily invented problem without any evidence that users need it.

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