[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 133790] New: Changes to Paragraph Style properties not working for customised paragraphs

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=133790

            Bug ID: 133790
           Summary: Changes to Paragraph Style properties not working for
                    customised paragraphs
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: greenandpleasant2000-support at yahoo.co.uk

Created attachment 161762
  --> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=161762&action=edit
Writer file showing problem with Paragraph Style

Version: 6.4.4.2 (x64)
Build ID: 3d775be2011f3886db32dfd395a6a6d1ca2630ff
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 18363; UI render: default; VCL: win; 
Locale: en-GB (en_GB); UI-Language: en-GB
Calc: threaded

1. Open the attached file. Note that the poetry, in addition to having a set
"Paragraph Style", has also been customised by setting the indent in the
horizontal ruler (can also be done from "Format > Paragraph" etc.). 

(NOTE: According to the UK Style Bible—"New Hart's Rules" (OUP, 2005, p.
160)—poetry should be centred on the longest line on each page. This means that
the indentation has be set manually for each page, and cannot be based purely
on the global Paragraph Style indentation.)

2. Open the Poetry "Paragraph Style > Indents and Spacing" and set the "Line
Spacing" to "Double" (say). Then press OK to quit dialogue.

EXPECTED RESULT: The Line Spacing should immediately change in the Paragraphs.

ACTUAL RESULT: Nothing happens. You have to press Ctrl + M (Clear Direct
Formatting) for the changes to take effect. But this means that ALL the
previously applied custom changes to indentation will be UNDONE as well, and
have to be be reset page by page. PAINFUL.

I can understand why you MIGHT want custom paragraph properties (set from
"Format > Paragraph") to be retained in the face of any changes made to the
global Paragraph Style, but this control should be specific. E.g. In the above
example, the line indentation for poetry was customised (using "Format >
Paragraph"). But this should NOT stop changes to Paragraph Style "Line Spacing"
being applied because the latter is a non-related property. And so on.

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