Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 33110
Create new frame templates with paragraph binding
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:33:10 UTC
Hello, i found it very unintuitive to create a new frame template with paragraph binding. By default new frame templates have page binding and there is no obvious way to change this. The only way seems to be to connect the frame template to an existing frame template of proper type and then remove this connection later. See also issue 33098 where i filed this as defect, but mro told me that it should be filed as enhancement. I see several solutions: 1. Document that if you want a frame template with paragraph binding, that it has to be connected with a certain predefined frame template. 2. Create predefined frame templates with names that suggest that they are intended as base for page bound, paragraph bound, character bound, ... frame templates. 3. Make the binding type editable for unused templates. 4. Make the binding type editable for all templates after issuing a warning that this will mess up the complete document layout. 5. When a new frame template is created, ask what binding type it should have. I would prefer solution 3..5, because these are most intuitive. Best regards, Michael
Hello, one more note: If the binding type cannot be changed in the "Type" tab of the frame templates properties, I would at least put in a comment at the top right of the type tab that the type can only be set on creation of a template and that the type is this and that. This way it is more obvious why you cannot enter paragraph related measures. Best regards, Michael
Requested is, that at least for custom frame styles it would be allowed to set an anchor type.
To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on my owner to the owner "requirements".