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

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

--- Comment #42 from Todd <ToddAndMargo@zoho.com> ---
(In reply to Mike Kaganski from comment #22)

> Note that the different page styles are there for situations when user needs
> different page arrangements throughout the document (like in your case),
> since in LibreOffice, the page styles provide this functionality. But not
> everyone in the world needs differently styled pages in every document; for
> some, one and only one page arrangement is used across all the pages in the
> document. And in that case, it's very easy to just modify the "Default"
> style to fit their need (e.g., just make it landscape, effectively making it
> a copy of "Landscape" style). Doing that, user makes it impossible to use
> "Default" style for portrait pages (until the user changes the style back) -
> but in that case, it's not an issue. Additionally, it's always possible to
> create new page styles with required settings (e.g., named "Portrait") and
> use those instead...

I do (now) understand what "style" is.  The problem is that ALL the tools are
not consistent as to how the effect Styles.  Side bars, bottom pop ups, pull
down menus all need to match.

> In your case, what you did is you initially had normal portrait-oriented
> Default page style, and added a page with Landscape style using a page
> break. But then, when you decided to remove the first page, you actually
> removed the page break with the Landscape page style assignment, and so all
> your pages became formatted using the Default style (portrait). Without
> understanding, you opened the page style settings (and remember, at this
> time, the active page style was Default!), and modified the page style
> (Default!) to be landscape - again: making it a copy of Landscape style
> (just with a different name). Boom! At this moment, your document has two
> landscape page styles, Default and Landscape. And now, trying to use either
> gives you the landscape paper - expected and correct behaviour, caused by
> user actions (made without understanding how things work).

And selecting Landscape from the bottom pull up changes the page to Portrait
why?

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