https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153499
--- Comment #8 from [email protected] --- Comment 4 makes a case for acknowledging "index level" as a meaningful LO concept for discussing indices. - “Index levels” in LO are actually more like categories. - Each “index level” gets its own PS (assigned in the Styles tab) and “entry structure” (defined in the Entries tab). - The numbers of the index levels provide a way to “identify” or “differentiate” which PS and entry structure should be applied to a particular index level, but there is no "structure" between levels that is enforced in the software. - The appearance/formatting of a level are achieved by the entry structure and PS assigned to an index level. - There is probably a mnemonic value for users to refer to "levels" (even if they are not levels in the software) because indices are often used to communicate a hierarchical structure. Comment 5 (and comment 6) illustrates confusions about the relation between index levels and outline levels => would be worthwhile to discuss indices without reference to outline levels (except for the already noted instance when “Outline” is checked), and always referring explicity (in the UI and help) to "index level" or "outline level" when appropriate. One additional terminological issue needs/deserves consideration for cleaning up the help pages (and tool/extended tips) for indices. In the “Assign Styles” help page [1], there is mention of an “index hierarchy”. I would propose to use only “index structure” when referring to the overall result/appearance of the index (because it is neutral about the form/function of the structure), and avoid words like “hierarchy” and “outline” when referring to the overall index (because not all indices are not necessarily a hierarchy or outline, or at least these terms are not defined within LO). -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
