Re: [libreoffice-users] Line Spacing - "Feature" or "Bug"?

All these things I meant to put in the original message!

LO version 24.5.2, running on Windows 11.

On the first line I'm inserting the character from the Special Character menu since I don't have 
the Unicode for that one memorized, then I'm copying it to the clipboard.  Go to Format ... 
Paragraph and change Line Spacing to 1.5 lines.  Press <Enter> at the end of the line and I get 
only single space.  Same thing each additional line, except for using <Ctrl-V> to insert the box.  
In all cases there's a tab after the box (I'm just creating a quick-and-dirty checklist).

Staying in the same document, I can type normally without inserting the box and the line spacing 
stays at 1.5 lines from paragraph to paragraph.  That's why I'm wondering if the special character 
is doing something to mess it up.

The workarounds are (a) type the line, press <Enter>, then go back and change the format again (and 
do it for each line), or (b) type all the lines, then select them all and apply the format.  
Neither is ideal, but they work.

Dave


On Thu, Jan 30, 2025, at 5:01 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote:
> What are your actual steps as I can't reproduce this.
> How/when do you insert the □. When you say "adding the character undoes 
> the paragraph formatting" does this mean that if you insert the box into 
> a line spaced at 1.5 it instantly reverts to spacing 1. Are you pasting 
> special, unformatted, or inserting the box with Insert>Special 
> character. Steve
> On 31/01/25 7:25 am, Dave Liesse wrote:
> > Just curious as to whether this is working as designed.  It's certainly not what I would expect.
> >
> > I'm putting together a quick-and-dirty Writer document, not worth the effort of creating a 
> > style just for the one document (and currently not on my normal computer, which is in the shop, 
> > so no point, anyway).  I want 1.5 line spacing, so I go to the paragraph formatting and set it 
> > up.  Worked fine in a different document yesterday.
> >
> > Today, though, every time I pressed <Enter> to end the paragraph it reverted to single line 
> > spacing.  I determined this is because I'm starting each line with a special character ( □ ).  
> > If I leave it out everything works as expected, but adding the character undoes the paragraph 
> > formatting.
> >
> > Again, just curious as to whether this is to be expected (and, if so, maybe why).
>
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