https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154785
Bug ID: 154785
Summary: Writer Style Inspector displays confusing information
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 7.4.6.2 release
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Follow-on to
https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/page-number-paragraph-formatting-window-vs-style-inspector/90438/2
Frequently, users want to force a starting page number in a document (front
material, chapters, index restarting from 1 with also a change in "style" as
Roman, alphabetic, …).
This is done with a "special" manual page break where user ticks _Change page
number_. Note wording as "Change".
Unfortunately, this is not enough advertised in the documentation (which is
rarely read by beginners). Users stop at page number field insertion where they
notice an _Offset_ box and they enter there an offset. They don't realise that
this does not change the current page number but that it is a reference to
another page. They are then surprised that the page number is blank when the
page is too close to the "limits" of the document (the referenced page does not
exist).
It is then extremely important to be careful with wording in order not to add
confusion to this already complicated matter.
Unfortunately the style inspector reports a starting page number as _Page
Number Offset_.
Steps to reproduce:
1. In a blank document, add a direct formatting to the initial paragraph as
forced starting page number in Flow Tab of paragraph.
2. Display the Style Inspector.
3. Paragraph Direct Formatting shows "Page Number Offset xx".
Suggested:
Change wording to read "Starting Page Number".
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