LibO: page numbering problems are coming...
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 1:18 am
LibO adds a not so wise wizard for page numbering under insert -> Title page. I played a bit with it during the last days and I'm starting to smell a lot of problems in the future. That menu pretends to be a sort of front end for page style editing/page style applying/page break inserting with the aim to "easy" the whole process.
For really simple documents that only need to change the first(s) page(s) it works (almost) OK, but users trying to do more complex tasks like changing the first page of every chapter will probably end with a big mess...
The menu is appealing because it promise to "solve" the page numbering issue without the need to learn how to set-up/apply page styles... but at the end of the day it takes more work to use that menu than doing everything the right way...
So, you know: be prepared. I think there will be a lot of LibO users with page numbering issues in the future...
For really simple documents that only need to change the first(s) page(s) it works (almost) OK, but users trying to do more complex tasks like changing the first page of every chapter will probably end with a big mess...
The menu is appealing because it promise to "solve" the page numbering issue without the need to learn how to set-up/apply page styles... but at the end of the day it takes more work to use that menu than doing everything the right way...
So, you know: be prepared. I think there will be a lot of LibO users with page numbering issues in the future...