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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jun 16 08:24:39 -0700 2006 ------- In the attachment I enclose the results of my tests using Ooo writer to merge two paragraphs together using both the delete and backspace keys. I started this exercise because when using Ooo I found it difficult to figure out how to merge together two paragraphs with different paragraph styles in order to retain the paragraph style I wanted. One time it took the first paragraph's style another time it took the second's. The reason for my problem was mainly due to an issue reported in issue 65384 which means the expected style is not applied when the second paragraph is empty, or when style of the first paragraph is an outline style. The empty paragraph behavior is a bug, but the outline style behavior is a "feature": <<If a paragraph gets merged with an outline paragraph by pressing backspace, the merged outline paragraph will keep it's attributes.>> However I do not like the outline style behavior exception. This means that it is impossible to choose which style to retain when merging two paragraph when the first paragraph is an outline style. Why is this exception needed? Also the specification does not say what happens when both paragraphs use outline styles, what actually happens is the style of the first paragraph is used. Rather than having this exception I think it would be better to make everything consistent and make the delete and backspace keys perform the same function, namely to always use the paragraph style of the first paragraph for the style of the merged paragraph. This would then also be consistent with MS Word (XP). However I think having different behavior for delete and backspace is good (although it takes a time to get used to). I would express the behavior as follows: * using the delete key at the end of the first paragraph should join the paragraph with the next paragraph and retain the paragraph style of the first paragraph. * using the backspace key at the beginning of the second paragraph should join the paragraph with the previous paragraph and retain the paragraph style of the second paragraph. Perhaps a configurable option would be best, with the MS Word behavior as default. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
