[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 72662] Be able to see different measurement units for line versus page properties (e.g. pt and in)

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72662

--- Comment #8 from Luke <lukebenes at hotmail.com> ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #7)
> Maybe from your POV. But take into consideration that your default is not
> mine, inch vs. cm, points vs. pixel, expert vs. layman. So yes to the
> default but plus easy ways to switch.

I am not talking about switching from cm to in and neither is the bug reporter.
We now have to switch units often because LibreOffice is not using the natural
units for many items. 

> “Natural units for page properties are not usually the same as for line properties.”

Your proposed solution of making it easier to switch default units completely
misses the underlying problem while making more complex UI.  We are using the
wrong units in many places.

If we used the same, sane defaults as Word and WordPerfect, then users would
not need to change units often. This bug report would have never been filed.
Your proposed fix doesn't address this. Instead it leaves the user to still
having to toggle units that shouldn't have to be toggled in the first place. 

>From the Wikipedia article on the unit 'point'. 

"In typography, the point is the smallest unit of measure. It is used for
measuring font size, leading, and other items on a printed page. "

WordPerfect and Word correctly use this natural unit of measure for leading.
LibreOffice does not. This is the problem.

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