[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 137608] New: Maximum page number of 9999 when inserting a manual break with custom page number

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=137608

            Bug ID: 137608
           Summary: Maximum page number of 9999 when inserting a manual
                    break with custom page number
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 6.4.6.2 release
          Hardware: All
                OS: Windows (All)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: deko.meister.dawg at gmail.com

Description:
Maximum page number of 9999 when inserting a manual break with custom page
number. Page numbers above 9999 selected result in a page number of 9999 being
used instead with no warning to user.

Certain document specifications (e.g. ATA spec 100) require custom page numbers
to cover different sections. These custom page numbers may exceed 10000.
Documents according to these specifications cannot be correctly written using
LibreOffice Writer using automatic page numbering.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create new document
2. Add page number to footer (first page will be page 1)
3. Insert->Manual Break->Change Style to Default->Tick Change Page
Number->Enter any number 10000 or above->Click OK
4. Look at page number on new page

Actual Results:
New page will have a page number of 9999 regardless of number entered.
Subsequent pages increment normally above 10000.

Expected Results:
New page will have page number set by user (i.e. that is greater than 9999).


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
If this is number is a hardcoded limit, as a temporary workaround it would be
suitable to increase the limit to a larger number (>40k). This would cover the
ATA spec 100 use case.

A pop-up message could also be added to inform the user that there are limits
associated with this number entry field.

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