[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 137151] The break to paragraph (being a line) or linked to paragraph content

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=137151

--- Comment #12 from Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski at hotmail.com> ---
I don't fully understand the specific problem discussed in this report. In the
view of bug 138628 comment 42, I assume this to be an enhancement request for
introduction of a page-break-as-separate-object concept (?)

Page-break-as-separate-object could have at least one real advantage: in case
when one wants to insert a page break in the middle of a paragraph, without
actually breaking the paragraph into two. This use case is similar to the use
of line break character, when one is not satisfied with automatic line
breaking, and wants to force the line break in a specific place without
breaking the paragraph. Currently the same is not possible for page breaks, and
manual page break requires a new paragraph, with implications for formatting
(think of first paragraph line indent), search-and-replace (it doesn't work
natively across paragraphs), and so on.

However, in this case that hypothetical page-break object (character) should
only break pages, and have no properties related to page formatting by its own.
So it must only substitute the automatically inserted page break, and must not
alter the automatically assigned page style.

In any case, it is not a replacement for the current
page-break-as-paragraph-property concept, which has huge advantage when used
together with paragraph styles, allowing to produce automatic and consistent
page breaks and styling depending on document structure. Being a paragraph
property has also a drawback that it requires user to realize this to avoid
surprises (that seem to be the reason for filing this?), but that's normal with
any advanced concept.

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