[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 135895] Improve documentation about numbered lists without a list style (see comment 15)

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

--- Comment #37 from sdc.blanco at youmail.dk ---
(In reply to kitchm from comment #30)
> However, at this point in time, I cannot duplicate the original issue.  I
> have tried a number of various combinations, to no avail.
Ok. Thanks for trying.  Imho this is a "good" thing that you have tried various
combinations without producing the problem that you originally reported here --
because it suggests that -- for the most part -- you are able to use LO to do
what you want, without difficulty or surprise.

These cases that you have encountered...where changes in what you think is one
"list" but has effects on what you think is another "list" arise because of
software's internal management of lists.  As noted in comment 34, and I agree,
this is a positive feature for some purposes, but, as we can see, it can also
cause surprise and confusion.

For present purposes, let's stay at the level of your own everyday use of the
numbering and outline features -- without getting into a discussion about the
pros and cons of the internal management of lists (because we have already
agreed that LO has multiple ways to be used and users who use it in multiple
ways).

The basic idea  -- correct me if I am wrong @Heiko and @Dieter -- is that when
you encounter a "misbehaving" list (i.e., where changes in what you think is "a
separate, independent list" has an effect on what you think is "another
separate independent list")then you would do the following:
1. Select all the items in the "second" list, 
2. Choose this (not-yet-existing) "New Numbering" / "Start New List" command
(name-to-be-decided) (from the Bullets and Numbering toolbar or Format menu).

If things work as we imagine, this "misbehavior" would stop.  That is, you can
subsequently change the numbering scheme for the second list without it
affecting the first. 

How does that sound?  That is, if you had (and knew) about such a command,
would you be able to get on with your work, without surprise or frustration?

If this seems like a good idea, then comment 34 (from the Design Team)
recommends that a new bug report be filed for exactly and only that one
feature. 

I recognize that you might still have questions about the test files that you
have uploaded -- but let's take one thing at a time, and start by getting this
important piece of the puzzle resolved.

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