[Bug 161078] Allow direct formatting for page sequences instead of editing the style

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161078

--- Comment #6 from Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski at hotmail.com> ---
And let me also provide a "philosophical" view on this.

The proposal argues that since we allow DF for other entities, we should do the
same for pages. But this is like this:

1. There is a consensus that styles mechanism is generally superior to direct
formatting.
2. But there are *reasons* why we can't avoid direct formatting in some areas -
like steep learning curve, or compatibility, or legitimate use cases.
3. This justifies the *unfortunate* need of DF in many entities, giving raise
to a huge set of problems, like unmanageable documents being overwhelmingly
common, and not only when one writes a letter to a friend, and forgets that -
but in most real-life documents offered as templates in official sites of
organizations, governments, and so on. This is an inevitable evil, but not
something to cheer.
4. And now, the unfortunate need to keep the DF in some entities provokes a
suggestion to also support this same problematic "feature" in an entity which
was lucky to survive without DF so far. And that lack of DF was not itself
problematic for users - other problems (as mentioned in comment 5) could be
solved to make the current no-DF a comfortable state.

I disagree that a "consistency" argument is applicable / fair in this context.

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