https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157292
--- Comment #10 from Eyal Rozenberg <[email protected]> --- (In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #8) > Realistically, no one authoring a document would prepare/place text boxes > and then choose to consolidate them. Well, if you could consolidate shapes as well as no-shape textboxes, then - it does becomes more realistic it might be desirable. Although, granted, in that case you would probably not care about v-positioning. > And other than with import of PDF > content, concerns for loss of spatial placement/formatting of subsequent > draw objects is a non-issue. Hmm... I wonder if there are indeed no other use-cases. That's a pretty strong assumption. But Ok, I'll grant you this as well. > So as implemented the utility is intended only for handling import of PDF, > and as such it is suited to task with needed enhancement to the import > process to be done for bug 32249 No. Bug 32249 is about making it easier to edit imported PDFs. If, when consolidating text, you lose the v-positioning, that hinders the editing process: You either mess up the document, or have to artificially re-position text to reproduce what you've lost. That's bad. Plus, once a feature is introduced into LO - it should be implemented properly, not just to the minimum level at which someone believes that a certain bug report needs. "Consolidate text", taken unto itself, should, and I would say must, maintain positioning; and the user may choose to drop this formatting if they wish. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
