[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 55651] Let automatically inserted blank pages use style from previous page; and add a blank page for choice

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55651

--- Comment #20 from Nithin <nithinrao at gmail.com> ---
I spent quite a bit of time last week trying to think about how this feature
can best be implemented. For this feature to be fully functional, i think it
would be best to have a separate "Automatically Added Pages" Section. And how
the user will interact with this feature came down to answering one important
question. 

Q1. Should this feature be dynamic i.e That user will be able to view and
interact with an automatically inserted page during document editing along with
other pages.

This would be in no doubt provide an awesome experience for the user. But also
will be most extensive in terms of implementation. Then there were other
questions as to 

Q2. what are the features in ODF format which will support implementing this
feature.

Regardless of the answer to Q1, Some features can be already implemented with
the existing system. If the user interaction need not be dynamic, then features
such as
Auto Insert -> Blank Page 
Auto Insert -> Page formatted like Previous page
Auto Insert -> Current/Following Page
Auto Insert -> Specific Page Formatting.
Auto Insert -> Repeat Previous Page.

can be implemented during exporting the document to another format. eg. To PDF,
To Print, etc. as these wont require (Only so that the feature can be available
ASAP but not ideally) saving anything into the ODF File itself but only a
parameter in LO.

But I believe that it would be extremely useful to save this information in the
ODF file itself rather than have it as a export feature in LO. Here is one
limitation if the setting is a feature in LO rather than ODF. Because when the
ODF file is opened with another software in which this feature is not yet
implemented, then all these pages would simply be missing. Also if the ODF file
is loaded on another system where the LO settings re different then these Pages
will neither be exported nor printed. 

Integrating this feature into ODF format has advantages other than over coming
the limitations mentioned in previous paragraph. Things such as Custom Text
insertion into Automatically Added Pages can also be done. Automatically Added
Pages can be made to insert more multiple pages at a location into documents.

Can someone help me understand how much ODF can support this feature currently
and what needs to be still done. What additions to ODF format might be needed
to implement this.

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