[Bug 161075] Rename "Page Style..." to "Page..." on the Format menu

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161075

Eyal Rozenberg <eyalroz1 at gmx.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |NOTABUG

--- Comment #4 from Eyal Rozenberg <eyalroz1 at gmx.com> ---
(In reply to nutka from comment #3)
> Created attachment 194121 [details]
> In version: 5.0.0.5, 6.3.6.2 and 6.4.0.1

Thanks, changed the minimum version.

(In reply to nutka from comment #2)
> See Bug 126608 (Writer: Looks as if switch Page to Portrait is impossible -
> Cause: "Format > Page" is not clear because it starts formatting the page
> Style).

Aw, man, I can't believe I've not noticed the behavior discussed there so far!
This is so mental!

Salient comment from that bug:

(In reply to Regina Henschel from comment #46)
> I think, one problem is, that the items 'Character', 'Paragraph' and 'Bullet
> and Numbering…' in that section of the Format menu perform a direct
> formatting which has no effect on other parts or the document. But the item
> 'Page…' there, does not perform a direct formatting at all and has often a
> document-wide effect.
> 
> I suggest to rename 'Page…' to 'Edit Page Style' and move it out of the
> Character-Paragraph section. Perhaps put it after 'Watermark', that has
> already 'Columns', which alters the page style too.

The naming is appropriate given the behavior. The behavior is the problem.

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