Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 5131
Line Numbering: Allow different line numbering schemes for each section/style/paragraph
Last modified: 2013-08-07 14:38:26 UTC
HOW I UNDERSTAND OPENOFFICE WORKS: Line numbers are kind of binary thing. You either (1) have them off for the whole document or (2) on for the whole document. You can specify what the counting scheme (count by 5, count by 1, restart counting at each page break, etc.) is for the whole document and only for the whole document. You may opt-out of the line numbers for each style, but you may not change the counting scheme for that style. PROBLEM: I need some sections of the document to have no line numbers, some to count by 5, and some to count by 1. I need some sections to restart the line number counting at the top of each page, and other sections to start recounting at the beginning of the section. So, an example document may include the following sections, with the following settings: header/footer (pages 1-7), has no line numbers; section #1 (page 1), has no line numbers; section #2 (pages 2-4), has line numbers that count by 5 and restart counting at the top of every page; sections #3, 5, 7, 9, & 11(all on page 5), have no line numbers; sections #4, 6, 8, 10, & 12 (also all on page 5), have line numbers, which count by 1 and restart at the beginning of each section; section #13 (page 6), has line numbers that count by 5 and restart counting at the top of every page; section #14 (page 7), has no line numbers. When MS Word documents, setup with the above line numbering, import into OpenOffice, OpenOffice takes the 1st section with line numbers, enables that sections line numbering scheme as the default behaviour for the entire document. In later sections, any subsequent line numbering properties are ignored. So, an example document that OpenOffice produces includes the following sections, with the following settings: header/footer (pages 1-7), has line numbers that count by 5 and never restart counting (which means the header on page 3 has a 5 next to it); sections #1-14 (pages 1-7), has line numbers that count by 5 and restart counting at the top of every page. I have a ZIP file with a DOC, PDF (for the DOC) and SXW of an example of the line numbering that I want and what OpenOffice does with it. Once, this is assigned, I can email it to the issues owner. REQUESTED ENCHANTMENT: Increase the granularity of the line numbering schemes. Allow me to fully change the line numbering scheme for each section/style/paragraph and the header/footer. While, for a MS Word person, it would be most intuitive to have line numbering schemes follow the section boundaries, it might be easiest to leverage off the existing opt-out by style setup. I think having a full blown line numbering capability associated with the style would be as intuitive as associating the line numbers with the sections. For what I do the lack of line number flexibility is kind of a show stopper. However, I am very impressed with everything. PS: This is platform independent (Win2k/XP and Redhat 7.3) Also a server error occurred while trying to submit this the 1st time (timeout?). Sorry for any repeat.
ES->BH: I think we already have an internal "idea" about linking line numbering with styles.
Reassign to BH
bump
JA->AMA: is there any chance to have this feature/idea implemented in the 2.0 timeframe ?
The flexibility of the line numbering feature is a VERY important feature for someone writing legal documents. There has to be an option to add line numbering to parts of a document.
ama->dina: We are able to enable/disable to every paragraph of a document individually, so we're already able to have line numbering at every wished section of the document and every paragraph is able to restart the numbering. What jbscout wants additionally is the flexibility to have different line numberings (count every line, count by 5 etc.), this is of course a valid feature request.
dina->ama: Is there a way to add line numbering to paragraphs as we go along or do I have to apply line numbering to the whole document and then remove where I don't need it?
You have to allow line numbering via Tools/Line numbering for the whole document but it's easy to remove the line numbering for all paragraphs wtih a few clics: just change the default paragraph style to switch off line numbering.
Me too. The critical feature I would want is to be able to adjust the line number position on a section basis.
I have submitted a similar request (id 62222) that would allow open office to be more useful in the creation of a legal pleadings. I work with a number of attorneys (a group) that are moving away from MS but this is the largest obstacle with OO so far. We are currently using one of a number of hacks that have been created to overcome this shortcoming. Imbedding an image, a separate numbered frame, etc... All of the current hacks are difficult and this limits the number of attorneys willing to switch over.
To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on my owner to the owner "requirements".