Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 106233
Bullets Don't Work as they Should
Last modified: 2009-11-02 20:34:52 UTC
Please look at the following bug report for details as well as a file that contains the issue. This bug makes it very difficult to use "auto" bullets at all in OOo 3.0.1. I can no longer use it for outlining because I face this problem often. Thank you https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/384354
http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/basic_rules.html If you open a report here, you detail it here. Please describe it here correctly and set the flags (i.e. "version") accordingly. This includes also a meaningful summary. BTW: 3.0.1 is too old. Re-test your findings in a current version.
I apologize for the poor bug reporting. Here is a more thorough one. My OS: Ubuntu 9.04 and 9.10 RC OOo version: 3.1.1 The issue: This bug has been verified in OOo 2.4, 3.0 and 3.1.0, running Hardy, Intrepid and Jaunty Bullets don't tab correctly sometimes. I have found that when you move the top spacers is one of those times, the other one I just found out last week and I'm not sure what caused it, my Professor gave an outline and the tabs are working very poorly. My example is bullets bug.odt, for this one just try to tab and you'll see that the bullets don't move with the tab, they simply change "bullet style" and stay in the same position. The second example, titled bullet bug 2.odt, you can see two different issues. The first is try to tab the bullet "what is statutory control?..." and you'll see that multiple different bullets tab over. Then try making a new line under the same bullet ("what is statutory control?.."), and then try tabbing the new bullet line. Again you'll see that the tabs don't make the bullet shift, they simply change bullet styles. I have attached two document to show what is happening. If you push tab on the line below Call to Order you can see that the bullet doesn't move at all, it simply changed from I to A and so on in the same position.
Created attachment 65577 [details] Bullet Bug Example 1
Created attachment 65578 [details] Bullet Bug Example 2
Both of your examples mix layout from two sources: the numbering and the paragraph. You can see this if you select the list items and turn numbering off--you will see that the paragraphs have different formatting, leading to unpredictable and inconsistent results when you mix indents and tab stops from the numbering. You can clean up both documents by first making the formatting the same for all the list items: 1) Click somewhere in the first list item 2) Click the "Format Paintbrush" on the toolbar 3) Click and drag the brush over the following list items, then release the mouse button. This copies the formatting from the first item to the other items. The items behave consistently for me at this point. I believe the remaining unusual behavior comes from the mixed formatting sources. I suggest that you modify the paragraph formatting to set all indents to zero and remove all tab stops, and instead do all the indenting and layout through the numbering. You can easily indent a list by putting the cursor at the start of the first item and pressing Tab. Instead of changing the list level, Tab on the first item will indent all levels of the list. Using numbering styles instead of the toolbar buttons will also make lists behave more predictably. The OOo support forums would be a better place to discuss this: http://user.services.openoffice.org http://www.oooforum.org
Or simply, in most casees: - select a bunch of bulleted paragraphs which are not correctly aligned - press 2 times Shift+F12 -> bullets are alihned correctly.
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I do not think that this problem is resolved. With the two examples I provided it's true but outlining still messes up. I have attached another example, as you can see everything is fine until the last line where I put a note. I started this document from scratch, selected the outline format and just by pushing enter all the sudden the last line started indenting for no reason. If I move around the top "notches" on the ruler bar I can adjust it but it does it automatically, not sure why.
Created attachment 65874 [details] Last Line Noted for Unknown Indentation
That's an other problem which is not a problem... The latin numbers take more space to the right (i, ii, iii) when incremented and thus the tab has no space to expand and moves to the next available tab stop. To cure this effect: Format - Bullets and Numbering. Open Position tab page and choose "Numbering alignment: right". Please, in the future, ask for help and bug confirmation on users@openoffice.org before submitting an issue. Thank you!
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