[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 128282] restart manually numbering of numbered lists

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=128282

zionoto <zionoto at gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #28 from zionoto <zionoto at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to kitchm from comment #22)
> I agree with the OP in that the issue appears to be a lack of intuitive
> design.  It does not work as premium word processors like WordPerfect and
> Word do.  If the intent is to create a worthy replacement, one must first do
> what is expected and only then improve upon it.
> 
> I want to be able to turn on and off numbering in my outline, and I want to
> be able to restart whenever I wish.  The choices must be obvious and not
> hidden in any way at all.  Such is currently not the case.
> 
> Thank you.

I agree: LOW acts with a lack of intuitive behavior for a bunch of things.
This is just one of them. Nevertheless LO is the best candidate to be the
strongest concurrent of MS Office.

Anyway the logic way to go IMHO is if an editor creates a list, than insert any
other paragraph of any different style (ie a Title, a normal paragraph, etc.),
than inserts a new second list, this new list has to restart from 1 its
numbering even if the style used is the same of first list. 
This is IMHO the way to go, because rarely is needed to continue the numbering
of the second list from the previous list: most of the time if an editor
creates two separated lists (s)he wants to create two independent lists and NOT
a continuation of the previous. Only if the editor wants an explicit
continuation of the previous numbering than hits "continue numbering from
previous" button/menu.
This is the most ergonomic and logic behavior.

At least each style containing a numbered list must have an option to set the
desired behavior wanted by the editor for that style. MS Word has "Restart
after...name of the style" that does the trick automatically. So a Word user
can set the numbering to restart after a single paragraph of a certain style.

Unfortunately even Word lack of something: that option works only for Title
styles. I hope LO will implement a similar option that works for all styles not
only for Titles.

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