To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=112838 Issue #|112838 Summary|Pasting numbered list adds numbering to sub-content Component|Word processor Version|OOo 3.2 Platform|PC URL| OS/Version|Windows XP Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|DEFECT Priority|P3 Subcomponent|editing Assigned to|writerneedsconfirm Reported by|dalez
------- Additional comments from da...@openoffice.org Thu Jul 1 06:38:57 +0000 2010 ------- OOo 3.2 fixed a genuine problem wrt pasting numbered lists. See Issue 86492. The fix has however introduced what I believe is unintended behaviour which is causing me more grief than the original problem. The new behaviour has already been described here http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=28176 and in Issue 110110. The problem reported in Issue 110110 is Closed (Won't fix) because it works as per the specification - and it basically does, at least for simple examples. I believe the specification needs additional clarification for more complex situations. Let me explain. Consider two lists: 1. itemA 2. itemB 3. itemC 1. itemD 2. itemE 3. itemF If itemE is pasted into the first list in front of itemB, the intended result is: 1. itemA 2. itemE 3. itemB 4. itemC and OOo 3.2 does this correctly. Now consider these two lists: 1. itemA 2. itemB 3. itemC 1. itemD 2. itemE (a) sub-itemA (b) sub-itemB 3. itemE If all of itemE is pasted into the first list in front of itemB, the intended result (as produced by OOo 3.1) is: 1. itemA 2. itemE (a) sub-itemA (b) sub-itemB 3. itemB 4. itemC But OOo 3.2 produces: 1. itemA 2. itemE 3. sub-itemA 4. sub-itemB 5. itemB 6. itemC i.e. the numbering style at the insertion point is being applied to the whole paste buffer contents, over-riding all pre-applied numbering including "no numbering". Furthermore, if a sub-item includes a table, the numbering is propagated through every cell in the table!!! Hardly what was intended. The relevant part of section 7.8 of specification http://specs.openoffice.org/writer/numbering/NumberingBullet1.sxw is: Clipboard content: Part/complete numbering and other paragraphs Pasted Within a Numbering/Bullet list: Extend target numbering (Formatted text only) I find the specification lacking in clarity when it comes to my second example, particularly the meaning of "Extend target numbering". For pasting style-formatted data within an existing list... The OOo 3.1 interpretation is "Adjust the numbering so the new data is part of the existing list". The OOo 3.2 interpretation is "Apply current numbering style to all of the new data, regardless of whatever numbering may or may not already be applied to it". The former interpretation is more likely to produce the results the user is expecting. Certainly there were other pasting situations were OOo 3.1 was broken, but pasting complex data into an existing list was not one of of them. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: issues-unsubscr...@sw.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@sw.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
