It is useful to keep in mind that Bugzilla issue #126789 is where this enhancement has been requested, <https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126789>.
When discussing this on the users@ list please also ensure that useful discussions are reflected there or are linked from there (although linking into posts on the lists is trickier). Also, note that discussion on the dev@ list is the usual place where technical aspects are addressed, if needed. Also, if there is discussion on the Community Forums, these should be tied together also. The easiest way is to have list discussions and forum discussions also point to the Bugzilla issue. It is also easy to cross-link from Bugzilla issue to a forum thread. It is important not to fragment this conversation in a way where it reaches a conclusion among the participants but is not anywhere that management of the issue is carried and there is nothing where developers and the project management committee track requests. - Dennis PS: I grant you that the Bugzilla is not the most user-friendly arrangement. Regardless, it is where the developers and testers and users work to identify issues and look for resolutions. PPS: It would be great if the super-user folk who invest time on these lists would take on ensuring there is cross-connection of issues among the places where they are discussed. I understand that there are preferences about where folks prefer to discuss. The question is whether or not it is done in a way where it is kept in the attention of the project. These days, as imperfect as it is, the Bugzilla is the place. > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Barker [mailto:b.m.bar...@btinternet.com] > Sent: Friday, January 15, 2016 00:07 > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > Cc: Malcolm Gregson <malcolm.greg...@littlewedlockgallery.co.uk> > Subject: Re: Change all margins together in OO Writer. > > At 18:25 13/01/2016 +0000, Malcolm Gregson wrote: > >I do not use page styles, and would probably forget to use them if I > >had them! Perhaps I should! > > Actually, you do use page styles. Unlike the character and paragraph > cases, where you have the choice of local or style formatting, page > formatting is available only in styles. If you change the margins of > a document, you are changing the page style used by the document or > the relevant part of it. > > Should you understand and use styles? Definitely! > > >I frequently want to change the margins of documents that have come > >from other people, before sending them out again to largish groups - > >perhaps 50 people, particularly to save printer paper by decreasing > >the margins so that more text fits on a page, thus reducing the > >number of pages printed. > > Two possible schemes: > > o Create a template with your preferred margins. Each time you need > to effect this solution, open a new document from this template, > select all the content of the original document, and copy and paste > it into your new document with its preferred margins. > > o In some document (it could be otherwise empty), create a new page > style (with your own choice of new name for it) with the required > margins. Save this document. When you receive your original document, > go to the Styles and Formatting window in the original document and > use New Style from Selection | Load Styles... (tick Pages) | From > File... to browse to your document and import its styles - including > your new page style. Apply this style to your original document. > > But all this does not deny the validity of your request. What you are > asking for is a Synchronise tick box at Format | Page... | Page | > Margins, just as is already available in various other places: > o Format | Page... | Borders | Spacing to contents > o Table | Table Properties... | Borders | Spacing to contents > o Format | Frame/Object... | Borders | Spacing to contents > > I trust this helps. > > Brian Barker > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
