[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 126608] Writer: Can't switch to Portrait

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126608

--- Comment #51 from V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote at utsa.edu> ---
(In reply to Todd from comment #50)
> 
> I think the issue here is that you do not get a good hearing when you report
> a bug, so you either give up or start these YUGE long dissertations.
> It seem that you get a knee jerk "NOTABUG" response and that is the end of
> it.
> 
> In this bug report, I pointed out several bugs and got back use a different
> tool or use the tools provided, but not "that" tool.  Since one tool worked,
> but another did not, it was not a bug and I just did not understand.  RTFM.
> 
> For instance, the style pop up at the bottom of the page where Landscape is
> actually Portrait.   Format->Page->page is different that the side bar tool
> when selecting Landscape.  (I can show you XML code as to what is different
> if you wish.)  And my constant complaining about no Portrait in the styles
> selection.
> 

Hmm, you've had four of the sharpest QA reviewers working on the project tell
you that you are incorrect. You've received precise examples and explanations
to enable you to perceive where your usage is not in line with function. Yet
you still claim there is a bug... at some point folks will tell you to move on.
Meanwhile the UX facet of why it causes issues is our ongoing dichotomy of
Direct Formatting vs. Style based authoring. 

> 
> That all being said, I adore Regina's proposal.  I would love to test it, if
> you need a tester.

Not a lot to test or change--one commit to move the menu action for the Page...
style dialog to a different section of the Format menu, with a tweak to its
label.  It won't work any differently, but may be less confusing for folks
there ;-)

Meanwhile examine the behavior of the Status bar indicator of the Page style,
it is context menu (i.e. r-mouse click) enabled to allow you to select from the
defined page styles and will display the Name of the page style applied to the
document page with text cursor focus.  It does not give any indication when the
style has been modified from its template defaults. Open attachment 153099, its
view mode should make the page styling apparent.

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