https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=123204
Bug ID: 123204
Issue Type: DEFECT
Summary: Unable to turn off numbering
Product: Writer
Version: 4.0.0
Hardware: PC
OS: Windows 7
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P3
Component: editing
Assignee: issues@openoffice.apache.org
Reporter: aschw...@acm.org
CC: issues@openoffice.apache.org
Steps to repeat the issue:
1: Start a section/chapter (Format->Styles and Formatting -> Heading1
2: Enter some text then carriage return.
3: Turn on numbering (bullets in my case).
4: Enter data for at least one bullet.
5: Enter carriage return.
6: Do one of the following:
a: Bulleted item continues forever.
i. Delete the bullet on the line (successive deletes)
ii. Enter text then carriage return.
iii. Note that bullet reappears (indicating that numbering continues).
This can be (presumably) be stopped by using
Format -> bullets and numbering -> remove
but this is truly counterintuitive. I'm not sure that this really
works.
b: Incorrect Section / Chapter numbering following a bulleted list.
i. Delete the bullet on the line.
ii. Enter Format -> Styles and Formatting -> Heading2
iii. Place the cursor on the just created line.
iv. Select "Continue previous numbering"
v. A bullet appears.
Workarounds:
1: The "empty paragraph solution".
a. Enter two empty paragraphs.
b. Start a list at the point of the first paragraph.
c. Start non-list text or a new section in the second paragraph.
2: The "delete list option".
a. After all list items are entered, use ctl-X to delete the entire
list.
b. Start non-list text or a new section.
c. Restore the deleted items, ctl-V, at the point of deletion.
I'm a newbie but it seems that the list methodology is broken. An approach to
removal of the list which I like is successive deletion on a line (preceding
all text). The first deletion maintains the data as a new paragraph within the
list, the second deletion does a Format -> bullets and numbering -> remove,
that is, removes the list from the minds of men.
The incorrect behavior with section/chapter headings is a fault. After removal
of the list (Format -> bullets and numbering -> remove) the list should not
exist(?). Using a Format -> Styles and formatting -> Heading# should not be
affected by list entries in any case. Heading properties include a list option
and that should override any outstanding list option.
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