[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 107996] FORMATTING: Watermark feature in page style dialog

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107996

--- Comment #2 from Regina Henschel <rb.henschel@t-online.de> ---
Inserting this watermark is already available via Insert > Watermark in
Version: 5.5.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: b56d1e294d838d4b3d0f237c81325a0d1a1cff83
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.1; UI render: default; 
TinderBox: Win-x86@39, Branch:master, Time: 2017-05-26_06:14:42
Locale: de-DE (de_DE); Calc: group

The TSCP toolbar inserts a lot of custom properties into the document
properties. But for Insert > Watermark creates not even the property
corresponding to this watermark. So Insert > Watermark is a version for a
"broader user base", who do not care about TSCP. 

The current implementation of Insert > Watermark opens a small dialog. It
creates a custom shape of type fontwork and anchors it to a character in the
header and sets the wrap properties of this shape. That is nothing special in
regard to ODF. You are able to do it without the 'Insert> Watermark' wizard as
well.

Currently no content of the header is added in the page style dialog in Writer,
because the content of headers are often very complex. Adding the call to the
watermark dialog or a tab containing the entire watermark dialog, might be a
useful exception. But before making things more and more complex, I would wait
and see, whether Insert > Watermark will work for the users.

The situation is different in Calc, because content for the header/footer can
only be added via the page style dialog. And currently exists no way to add a
shape to the page style in Calc and up to now it is not done by the TSCP
toolbar.

From a user point of view I see these problems:
There is no obvious way, how to delete a watermark.
There is no obvious way, how to alter the text of the watermark.
Color, angle, font properties are available in the sidebar. But you need to be
an advanced user who knows, that objects in the background are available via
Navigator.

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