[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 118355] Menu Styles miss "Body Text" entry in Writer

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118355

--- Comment #7 from Kenneth Hanson <khanson679@gmail.com> ---
I think the biggest reason to have both Text Body and Default Paragraph in the
menu is as a hint for users that are not familiar with styles. It makes it
clear that these are different, and shows their keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+1/2/3
for headings, Ctrl+0 for body text, Ctrl+Shift+0 for Default Paragraph. Such
users can easily use the menu until they learn the shortcuts.

Text Body is the primary paragraph style, the level below all headings. Default
Paragraph is occasionally comes in handy when you need to get rid of
spacing/indentation on a one-time basis (and there is no logical name or urgent
need for a new style that changes nothing from the default).

The paradigm is easy to understand when presented like this. The extra keyboard
modifier for Default Paragraph makes it obvious that this is not the "normal"
style. That being said, bug 47295 really does need to be fixed. I've made this
change in my default template long ago, so I didn't realize it hadn't been
fixed yet.

The fact that Text Body is also for all practical purposes a "reset" switch for
paragraph style is yet another reason to include it, but it's not the main
reason.

I contrast, I would oppose adding most other styles because they don't match
the above reasoning. They are not part of the heading paradigm, don't (?) have
default keyboard shortcuts, and are not critical for all documents.

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