Bug 55651 - Make automatically inserted blank pages the same as the preceding page
Summary: Make automatically inserted blank pages the same as the preceding page
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version: 3.6.1.2 release
Hardware: x86 (IA32) Windows (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2012-10-05 05:02 UTC by Mohith Manoj
Modified: 2014-05-28 21:11 UTC (History)
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Attachments
Writer document with two 'right' pages (9.53 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2012-10-05 05:02 UTC, Mohith Manoj
Details
PDF output created directly with auto blank pages included (17.46 KB, application/pdf)
2012-10-05 05:03 UTC, Mohith Manoj
Details

Description Mohith Manoj 2012-10-05 05:02:48 UTC
Created attachment 68103 [details]
Writer document with two 'right' pages

When writer inserts a blank page, it come out completely blank, leaving the user to think that the page was missed during printing.

I am attaching a writer document with two 'right' pages and a PDF of it with the automatically inserted blank pages included.

It would be nice if the automatically insert page uses the same page style as the previous page and with a configurable water mark (global for the document).
Comment 1 Mohith Manoj 2012-10-05 05:03:33 UTC
Created attachment 68104 [details]
PDF output created directly with auto blank pages included
Comment 2 Cor Nouws 2012-11-11 20:47:14 UTC
Hi Mohith,
I change the subject and set to new.
Interesting idea. I never have thought about it this way.

Did you have the change to discuss your idea? E.g. on the user experience list ?
  http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-ux-advise
Comment 3 Allan Macdonald 2014-05-28 21:11:42 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)
> Hi Mohith,
> I change the subject and set to new.
> Interesting idea. I never have thought about it this way.
> 
> Did you have the change to discuss your idea? E.g. on the user experience
> list ?
>   http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-ux-advise

I think the original subject line made more sense.  The inserted blank page should be given a default style. The problem I see is that for some users, the style of the blank page might need to be different from the previous page style.  Some users might want no page number at all; others might want a page number, header, footer, etc.  Some might want a blank page with a watermark that reads "Intentionally Left Blank" or some such notice.

What if all page styles were given a "next blank page style" option along with the "next style" option.  That way, you can have whatever style you want for the inserted blank page, which is usually an even page.


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