Issue 63384 - Labels: Applying format to single frame changes whole page, and can't undo
Summary: Labels: Applying format to single frame changes whole page, and can't undo
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: formatting (show other issues)
Version: OOo 2.0.2
Hardware: All All
: P3 Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: AOO issues mailing list
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Keywords: needmoreinfo
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Reported: 2006-03-20 04:52 UTC by ktanzer
Modified: 2017-05-20 11:22 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Developer Difficulty: ---

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Blank Labels--select a single frame, and apply a background color... (6.29 KB, application/vnd.sun.xml.writer)
2006-03-20 17:04 UTC, ktanzer 		no flags Details
Results of applying background color to single frame (6.35 KB, application/vnd.sun.xml.writer)
2006-03-20 17:06 UTC, ktanzer 		no flags Details
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Description ktanzer 2006-03-20 04:52:06 UTC 
I create a new document, which is a single page of labels.  I select the frame
for a single label.  If I apply formatting to it (e.g., a border or background
color), the formatting is applied to the whole page, as opposed to the single
label, as I would expect.  Strangely, there is no option to undo the formatting.

Reproducible:  Always
Steps to Reproduce:
See above
Comment 1 michael.ruess 2006-03-20 08:18:15 UTC 
Reassigned to HI.
Comment 2 h.ilter 2006-03-20 15:54:57 UTC 
Please provide a sample to evaluate.
Comment 3 ktanzer 2006-03-20 17:04:51 UTC 
Created attachment 35070 [details]
Blank Labels--select a single frame, and apply a background color...
Comment 4 ktanzer 2006-03-20 17:06:21 UTC 
Created attachment 35071 [details]
Results of applying background color to single frame
Comment 5 Regina Henschel 2006-03-20 17:40:20 UTC 
It works as designed. The frame style "labels" has the checkbox "AutoUpdate"
marked by default. If you do not like, that a direct formatting changes the
frame style and so effects all other frames, you must uncheck it. Open "style
and formatting"-window (F11), category "Frames". Rightclick on "Labels",
modify... Go to tab "Organizer", there you find that checkbox.

To undo the change, you must alter the style.
Comment 6 ktanzer 2006-03-20 18:26:45 UTC 
Making the change you suggested did the trick.

I will say I think this is rather un-intuitive, and suspect most people would
expect the opposite behavior.  Regardless of which the default is, it would be
nice to have an option for this in the File / New / Labels dialog box.  I sould
suggest this go in the Options tab, in the "distribute" section, directly under
"Synchronize Contents".  I'm not sure what the exact wording would be, but maybe
"Synchronize Formats", or "Apply format changes to all labels."

Thanks for the help, and for listening. :)
Comment 7 h.ilter 2006-03-21 10:42:40 UTC 
Changed from defect to enhancement.
Comment 8 Marcus 2017-05-20 11:22:29 UTC 
Reset assigne to the default "issues@openoffice.apache.org".