[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 138606] Inserting Cross-Reference to Heading Number also inserts separator text with no option to customize it

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138606

William Friedman <will.friedman at gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |WORKSFORME

--- Comment #5 from William Friedman <will.friedman at gmail.com> ---
Thank you for exploring this and clarifying the different options. To be
totally honest, I simply missed the "chapter" option to display only the number
without the prefixes and suffixes. (As a side note, the use of the word
"chapter" is extremely confusing from an end user perspective, particularly
when juxtaposed with three different options for type "number." The names of
the "insert reference to" options are far from intuitive, and I would urge
renaming them in a more user-friendly way. E.g., the fact that in type headings
'reference' displays the name associated with the heading while in type
footnote 'reference' displays the number of the footnote is really confusing.)

The reason I had been appending 1., 2., 3., etc. at the beginning was because I
was writing different chapters of a book in different documents, and in each
chapter wished to prefix the chapter number, which would remain constant
throughout, to the sections. But I see now that I can accomplish my goal by
simply having the chapter number be the highest outline level and only using
sublevels below the highest outline level, and using the "chapter" type for
cross-references.

I can imagine use cases in which someone would nevertheless want the option for
the cross-reference to display only the prefix or the suffix, and I tend to
think that making the software as user customizable as possible (while
retaining UI clarity) is preferable. Nevertheless, since my needs are now
satisfied, for which I thank you, I will leave it to others who might need this
feature to pursue it.

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