[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 117231] New: There is no way to suppress Writer inserting blank pages to make page No. 1 a right-hand page (Formatting)

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117231

            Bug ID: 117231
           Summary: There is no way to suppress Writer inserting blank
                    pages to make page No. 1 a right-hand page
                    (Formatting)
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: holtsmark at gmx.net

Description:
When working in "book mode" (edit>view>zoom>"zoom and view layout"), libre
office writer will insert blank pages to make page No. 1 a right-hand page.
Documentation like operational manuals often have complex page numbering like
"CHAPTER.SUBCHAPTER-PAGENUMBER", where page number is reset to 1 with every new
sub-chapter (This allows for easy insertion or removal of pages during the
lifetime of the product without affecting the page numbering of the whole
document). In this type of document, having auto-inserted blank pages every 4
or 5 pages overly inflates the document. The problem can be overcome by not
using book mode, but this makes editing the document a hassle.
Adding a pre-checked check-box for "auto insert blank pages to make page No.1 a
right-hand page" would solve this issue without affecting the default behavior
of the program.   

Steps to Reproduce:
1: Create new document in writer
2: Goto edit>view>zoom>"zoom and view layout
3: Select "Columns:" [2]
4: Check "book mode"
5: first page is now a right-hand page
6: Add some text
7: Insert manual break > page break / Style: default style / "Change page
number": 1


Actual Results:  
A blank page is inserted, and the cursor has moved to a new right-hand page 

Expected Results:
Given an option to uncheck a new check-box for "auto insert blank pages to make
page No.1 a right-hand page", no blank page would be inserted, and the cursor
would move to a new left-hand page with page numbering No. 1


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:


User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:59.0) Gecko/20100101
Firefox/59.0

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