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

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

V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote at utsa.edu> changed:

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--- Comment #9 from V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote at utsa.edu> ---
Actually, (In reply to pedro.silva from comment #8)
> - 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

Actually rather than "reference" (a paragraph style applied against the page)
the concept would be "registration"--now common in alignment of offset press
CMYK and half-tone image print work. But here it predates that considerably
coming from the folding of large folio paper sizes to impose the signatures
with correct sequence and alignment (front to back and across pages) -- when
accomplished the printing and binding is "register-true" and "folded with the
print".

But we have little support for imposing and printing 'folio, quarto, octavo,
duodecimo, sextodecimo' layouts. Just look at the Print dialog's pages per
sheet and order where we can not impose a multi-page print layout that would
correctly _fold_. That and a lack of means to provide bleeds, trim, and
registration marks means we can't directly perform DTP--and "register-true"
while correct is not really appropriate.

What we are able to do well is provide correct page to page registration of
textual content. As our pages are composed dynamically when paragraphs are
rendered the printing on pages will not register--page to page, column to
column. But when we enable "register-true" on page styles, and allow individual
paragraphs to pick up the alignment from the selected reference paragraph's
line height (its font height, internal leading, external leading) as a baseline
the documents textual content will register as if "imposed" correctly and then
"folded with the print", trimmed, and bound.

So, while "register-true" is a correct label--agree its etymology is obscure
and is really not helpful UX--but the action is still registration.

Rather than Reference, I would suggest:

Register line spacing / Reference style


Referenced Bugs:

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=99525
[Bug 99525] [META] Enhance Draw's DTP capabilities
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