[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 137752] Paragraph indent is limited

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=137752

Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski at hotmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski at hotmail.com> ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #2)

I don't think there's a technical limitation here. When you do that direct
paragraph formatting, it works as intended. (By the way, comment 1 is
incorrect; it tells about normal paragraph properties, and that works fine:
e.g., I set page to A3 Landscape (420 mm width, 20 mm margins left and right =>
380 mm text area width), and set paragraph "from left" spacing to 400 mm => it
shrinks to 375 mm, making sure there's 5 mm left for the text).

But it seems it tries to be "helpful"/"smart", not allowing you to produce a
*style* (so it doesn't know what page you intend) with indentation that would
make no sense for "standard" page size (A4 in many locales)...

Generally there's no way to ensure that any value there makes sense. E.g., you
could make your page A5, and then the "helpful" limit would blow. Or you could
use direct paragraph formatting, and make sure that your A3 is followed by A4,
so the text using those paragraphs with 375 mm indentation flows there and
blows. Or you may use different margins. Or ...

I suppose that to be a bug. The "helpful" "feature" is not bulletproof to
justify its existence; and it's unhelpful for those who use non-default pages.
I confirm it.

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