[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 135895] Changes in a numbered list also affects previous list, if they don't have a list style

[bugzilla-daemon at bugs.documentfoundation.org]

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=135895

--- Comment #12 from zionoto <zionoto at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to kitchm from comment #0)
> Description:
> When selecting one of two outlines, and then applying a change to it, both
> outlines on the page are changed.
> 
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1.Create simple numbered outline
> 2.Add blank lines
> 3.Create second numbered outline
> 4.Select all of second outline
> 5.Select Bullets and Numbering icon at bottom of page
> 6.Select a different outline style or type
> 
> Actual Results:
> Bad
> 
> Expected Results:
> Should have only affected the selected text area
> 
> 
> Reproducible: Always
> 
> 
> User Profile Reset: No
> 
> 
> 
> Additional Info:
> gerrit.libreoffice.org / core / 04ba7e3f1e51af6c5d653e543a620e36719083fd
> 
> (S/B a button to select what you want, as in other major programs.)

Absolutely this isn't a bug it is a well desired feature!!!
If they have the same style it is logic and normal behavior that they do such a
thing: it is the wanted behavior. To have different styled outlines you have to
make different styles!!! You just have to learn to work with them. The use of
styles simplifies updates in very complex documents. For example let's suppose
a scenario in which you have a very complex book you are writing. You apply a
certain style in different parts of the text. Then at a certain point you
notice that the style doesn't fit your new needs. You modify it once and all
instances of the text that use that style will modify accordingly without
having to modify them one by one.
If we don't have this behavior we have to modify all instances one by one
creating incoherent formatting. We don't want that in complex documents.

But when you want a different behavior/formatting in different points of the 
document than you create and apply a different style to those different parts
you want different. It is simple as that.

Now it is easy to understand why this is not a bug but it is a useful and very
much desired feature that is necessary to create a coherent design in complex
documents by complex word processors. You just have the need to learn how to
deal with it the right way.

So when you want a list to be formatted differently create and incorporate the
new formatting into a new style. When you need to change all the instances you
just change the style once and you'll keep complete coherence in formatting
everywhere the same style is used.

Cheers.

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