[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 138628] ClearDirectFormatting does not remove page break

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138628

--- Comment #29 from Telesto <telesto at surfxs.nl> ---
Bug 139079 comment 0 (R. Green)
The most natural and fastest way to clear ad hoc formatting from a WRITER file
SHOULD be to select ALL and apply "Clear direct formatting". But this cannot be
done because the command (inexplicably) deletes page breaks as well.

(Even worse, the deletion of page breaks does not show up until the document is
saved and reloaded: see Bug 73483.)

Imagine a book with many chapters, and it has become apparent that there is
character formatting applied willy nilly throughout the document. The user
wants to remove this leaving only the paragraph and character styles. To avoid
losing page breaks, the user has to apply "Clear direct formatting", section by
section, skipping the page breaks. A very time-consuming and tedious business.

IMV, the average user is likely to assume (wrongly) that "Clear direct
formatting" only applies to text and should leave page breaks alone.

SUGGESTION: "Clear direct formatting" should NOT delete page breaks. Instead
there should be another command, "Clear page breaks", to delete the page breaks
separately.

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