[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 126608] Writer: Can't switch to Portrait

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126608

--- Comment #32 from Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski@hotmail.com> ---
Well - anyone in the world would need to open sidebar and double-click
Landscape. Only if you for some obscure reason need to avoid using the
dedicated tools, you need to do low-level property fine-tuning, which naturally
needs some understanding.

I doubt that "I refuse using proper tools, so it's difficult for me to use my
own backwards workflow" qualifies as "really obscure and poorly implemented".

Additionally, grasping a concept that *page styles are controlled by content*
(paragraphs), and that content is the primary entity in text processor, and
pages are just something created on demand (so the information about page
creation should be connected to something substantial, like content) is
actually very useful for anyone who tends to look deeper than most basic usage.

Note that the sidebar is just a dialog attached to one side (not centered) and
made modeless to allow easier usage. It's controlled by F11; or View->Styles;
and one can open and close it just as other dialogs. One may assign individual
page styles (e.g. Landscape) to custom menus, or to buttons, or to keyboard
shortcuts (just like any other styles in the program), and use those shortcuts
when needed. So - well, I still don't see what specifically could be improved
(except for your apparent request to "create yet another duplication of the
complex functionality implemented into the sidebar" - which would, as just any
duplication, increase program complexity).

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