https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35694
--- Comment #83 from Eyal Rozenberg <eyalr...@gmx.com> ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #82)
> Comment 70 and 78 are wisdom, and a good proposal is missing too.
But comment 70 _is_ a proposal: Using a formula which can utilize a page-number
variable. What's wrong with that?
> On the other hand, compatibility is prime and neither prev/next page nor
> any offset are stored with docx.
Why is this "on the other hand"? Do these two statements disagree? It seems
like it's "on the same hand"...
> MS Word allows an offsets per field code like
> "{={PAGE}-10} of {={NUMPAGES}*20}" showing as "-9 of 80". But it wont be
> stored as a field when saving as ODT.
Comment 70 states that Writer supports inserting such formula fields generally.
Taking Mike's word for it (as I can't find this myself) - why won't such
MS-Word fields be stored as field when saving as ODT? Is there a known reason?
> In the end we do not have the expertise to decide on the matter. The
> functionality is unclear, the need to describe an offset in the way ODF does
> not what exactly user expect (beyond a negative offset for cover pages) is
> easy to follow.
It's easy to follow and reach an understanding that it doesn't belong in the
Page Number dialog - and it's the UI expertise which was necessary. It also
looks like the discussion in the design meeting was not really concerned with
the UI aspects of the problem, which I and others have emphasized.
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