[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 153534] Most bundled page styles are nonsensical and/or redundant

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153534

--- Comment #5 from Eyal Rozenberg <eyalroz1 at gmx.com> ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #2)
> Special styles are kind of clear to me, and I guess for you too.

Not sure which ones you're referring to here.

> Left/Right is also not a brainer

Oh really? :-)

> just check what happens at the properties.

First, before I do that - you realize that, given that it doesn't inherit the
default page style, there is absolutely no way in which the properties here
could make sense. This must define page dimensions, margins, orientation and
all other properties. And whatever the values are - they're wrong. Only
inheritance can be valid for most properties.

But you insisted, so let's check.

"Right page" contains:

"29.7 cm + From top 2.0 cm, From bottom 2.0 cm + Text direction left-to-right
(horizontal) + Page description: Arabic, Portrait, Left + Right Page + Not page
line spacing"

Still think this is a no-brainer? 

I'll let you guess what "Left Page" contains.

> Whether any of these styles is really usable is another question. But
> similarly relevant: Does it hurt to have these styles?

Yes. When the page style dialog has a lot of confusing items, it makes the user
have second thoughts about whether they should even consider making a selection
from the list, since who knows what these things do anyway.

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