[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 127279] Register-true with better labelling

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127279

--- Comment #8 from pedro.silva <pedro.silva at collabora.com> ---
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #7)
> Obviously we do not implement a vertical grid typesetting framework on which
> objects can be aligned.

Understood.

> Rather, we describe a "Reference" paragraph style--font and leading--that
> establishes a text line height. And effectively sets text "baselines" as
> vertically filled from top down and applied within margins of a page style. 
> 
> Multiple paragraphs on multiple pages will be aligned to that baseline when
> those paragraphs (selectively) are 'Register true' enabled. 
> 
> And beleive different page styles (each with a "Reference style" and
> corresponding line height/baselines) can be defined (pre-defined in
> template) for use in complex documents.
> 
> This is a different approach to that of InDesign or even Scribus.

Agreed, it is most def. a different approach and I see no problem with that.

In this bug what I tried to propose was a better labelling. As you see when
describing the functionality you use the word Baseline (let us forget for a
minute about the "Grid"). Also I never encounter any educational material on
graphic design, typography or simply about print with that term but all of
these do have baselines as a though term. Moreover and as you see in
https://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Printing_Register-true the current term is
not really about an element or characteristic of the text/page but rather an
ideal to be achieved "This term refers to the congruent imprint of the lines
within a type area[...]" so it's kinda odd that is being used as a label for an
on/off toggle. 

Nevertheless I hear you and so here are some options that could be a better fit
than the current “Register-true”/“Reference Style:” in Page Style > Page (tab):

- Align to fixed Baseline / Reference Style:
- Fixed Baseline / Reference Style:
- Referenced line spacing / Paragraph style:

I think the 3rd would be a good because not only it's more clear it uses the
same terminology from the Paragraph dialogue (Paragraph Styles > Indents &
Spacing). To pair with this, in the Paragraph dialogue the group titled
"Register-true" with the checkbox "Activate" would become:

- Referenced line spacing / Activate

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