[Issue 109776] Restart numbering and continue previous numbering of headings

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https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=109776

George Allaman <ge...@hunterdouglas.com> changed:

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--- Comment #4 from George Allaman <ge...@hunterdouglas.com> ---
I also have this issue and I confess it drives me nuts. I can work around it
but the workaround is pretty draconian. I'll make a stab a describing it
completely. My version of LibreOffice is 4.2.2.1 on a Mac Mini.

I have the Heading paragraph styles (Heading 1, Heading 2, etc.) configured for
outline numbering. Everything works fine until I put a non-heading list in.
When I create a new paragraph after the non-heading list and change its style
to a Heading type, the number is reset, e.g. 1 1.1, 1.1.1, depending on the
Heading level. This would indicate that the Heading's paragraph style has
"Restart at this paragraph" checked, but it is not. This by itself is wrong.
Then I select "Continue Previous Numbering" to get the correct numbering and
the result is determined by the non-heading list - if it is bullets, I get a
bullet in my heading; if it is numbered I get the next number in the
non-heading list sequence, not the next number in the Heading sequence.

I've tried format paintbrush and it does not work. I've tried creating a new
heading just after the next heading back in the document (this new heading will
have the correct heading numbering) and cut-and-pasting it to the position
where I need the new heading and this does not work. The only workaround that
works for me is to remove any lists between the new heading I am trying to
create and the next heading back in the document. I can do this either of two
ways: cut the lists altogether or simply make them Text Body with no numbers or
bullets. Then when I change the paragraph style of the line where I want a
correctly numbered heading from Text Body to Heading X, I get the correct
numbering. Then I can restore the lists and the numbering remains correct.

I have also noticed that when I change a Heading's paragraph style to Text
Body, the heading number is retained, i.e. the paragraph's font and size
changes correctly but the outline number and indent is retained as if it were a
heading. If I backspace over the outline number to remove it and the indent,
the numbering of subsequent numbered headings adjusts correctly, so the
sequence remains intact.

It appears that the heading number when a new heading is created is taking its
number from the closest previous list of any sort in the document, not from the
closest previous heading. However, when lists are changed after the heading has
been created and forced to be correct, the heading numbering remains correct.

As an engineer I must use numbered headings so for me at least this bug affects
my workflow a lot. But thank you for a phenomenally useful tool.

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