[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 98560] The followed template "Feature"

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98560

--- Comment #13 from Zenaan Harkness <zen@freedbms.net> ---
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> Does this clarify the problem?

Yes thank you.

Specifically, I think I've been able to recreate your problem in a test
document - please tell me if this clearly describes your problem - I have tried
to create a document with 3 different page styles, one for first page, one for
pages 2 to 5, one for page 6 (and therefore subsequent pages):

I too cannot solve this problem. See attachment ODT above "page styles test
document demonstrating problem - FirstPage, Pages2To5, Pages6Plus (9.68 KB"

The attached example ODT file which demonstrates the problem:

 - there are 6 pages
 - each page is separated with a manual page break - CTRL+ENTER

 - page 1 has FirstPage page style - good

 - pages 2, 3, 4, 5 have Pages2to5 page style - good

 - page 6 at the moment has Pages2to5 page style


Now for the fun part - we want to apply page style called "Pages6Plus"
to page 6, but KEEP the page styles attached to pages 1 to 5.

When cursor is on page 6, and I show the page styles side bar, and I
then double click on page style "Pages6Plus", page 6 gets that new page
style, BUT, so do all of pages 1 to 5 as well!

This is definitely problematic.

If there is a hidden gui for applying page style Pages6Plus to page 6,
and KEEPING all the earlier page styles in tact (pages 1 to 5) we need
to know what that is, and it needs to be more obvious to the user (for
example, double clicking a page style, should apply that style to the
current page, regardless of the "style for next page" setting of the
previous page.

Otherwise, how are we supposed to apply a page style to say 350 pages?
(this is about to be a real example for me!) FOLLOWED by a DIFFERENT
page style for the SUBSEQUENT 650 pages!! - surely we are not supposed
to go to every page, and double click the same page style, over and over
again?!! That would be madness.

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