[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 101773] link frame style to paragraph style so applying paragraph style also applies frame style to current (or selected) paragraph

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101773

--- Comment #2 from Zenaan Harkness <zen at freedbms.net> ---
Yes, I mean "Microsoft Office XP" - which is also called version 10.0, and
occasionally called "2002" since that is the year it was introduced. See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office#Versions

My workflow:
I am editing a >1000 page book for a human rights association in Australia, and
it requires many styles.

Since it is a law related book, every paragraph has a marginalia "paragraph
number". Please refer bug #101753 for a very small two page example of legal
marginalia paragraph numbering.

Inserting these is very easy in Microsoft Word, and currently quite awkward in
LO:

- In MS Word, I define a paragraph style to which I am able to attach a frame
style, which correctly places the marginalia "legal paragraph number" (which is
for the subsequent paragraph)
- then to insert a new legal paragraph marginalia number, I go to the beginning
of the paragraph that needs this new legal number
- then insert a new paragraph containing this number - this is very easy
- finally, I simply double-click the "legalNumMarginalia" style I created above
and voi la! I have an instant legal paragraph number, perfectly placed


In contrast, in LO, when I want to create this new legal paragraph marginalia
number, I have to do the following:
- create a paragraph style for the formatting of the legal number
- separately create a correspoding frame style for the placement of the legal
number
- go to start of required paragraph
[- do not insert a new paragraph]
- instead insert a new frame
- now enter the required legal number into the frame
- double click the required paragraph style for formatting of the legal number
in the new frame
- next carefully click the edge of the frame so it is selected
- finally double-click the required frame style to apply the needed frame
properties

This is the quickest sequence I have been able to determine so far in LO. I
really wish there were an easier way to do this.

Sometimes, in some legal documents, I can and do use numbered lists in LO, but
sometimes I have to do things the manual way and in LO this is very time
consuming and not enjoyable.

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