[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 129817] Want a way to use text characters as a paragraph area bitmap.

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=129817

--- Comment #4 from Gary Renshaw <gw@gwrenshaw.ca> ---
Sorry for the confusion.The attachment shows a typical design element that this
feature would make trivial.

The current method is to have a paragraph style with enough space above and
below to make it exactly 2 lines high. The chain graphic in the middle is
actually a character from a dingbat font, and it must be inserted manually for
each instance. This method works well, but if the graphic element is to be
changed, it must be changed manually for every such paragraph in the document.

The proposed enhancement would have the following work flow to create the same
effect:
1. Create the new paragraph style (call it Scene Separator).
2. Set the Alignment to centre.
3. In the Area -> Bitmap dialogue select the dingbat font and the text (a
letter 'f' in this case).
4. Create the bitmap.
5. Adjust the existing area parameters so that the new bitmap shows up in a
pleasing way.

Now the Scene Separator can simply be inserted where needed in the document. To
change the graphic element, simply modify the paragraph style to create a new
bitmap and use it.

The ability to enter several characters shouldn't change the required code
significantly as the whole string becomes one bitmap.

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