[Issue 125875] New: Page columns' default after invalid input varies.

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https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125875

          Issue ID: 125875
        Issue Type: DEFECT
           Summary: Page columns' default after invalid input varies.
           Product: Writer
           Version: 4.1.1
          Hardware: PC
                OS: Windows 7
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P3
         Component: programming
          Assignee: issues@openoffice.apache.org
          Reporter: nballman2012@my.fit.edu

Upon creating or loading a document, the value that page column number defaults
to after entering a value that is obviously too large is 52. Any other time
during a session, the value reverts to 99.

1. Open a new document.
2. Enter 1000 to the page columns setting under Format > Page... > Columns and
apply.
3. You should see 52 columns.
4. Repeat step 3.
5. You should now see 99 columns.

This is problematic because it is inconsistent. Though I have not found any
evidence of this, it is possible that if you enter a value between 53 and 99
inclusive the program may use this value (that is technically valid) in other
parts of the program which could cause issues if it is only displaying the 52
columns.

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[Issue 125875] Page columns' default after invalid input varies.

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https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125875

Raluca Popa <ra...@altom.ro> changed:

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[Issue 125875] Page columns' default after invalid input varies.

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https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125875

--- Comment #1 from Nicole Ballman <nb...@my.fit.edu> ---
Edit: Further testing has shown that this happens whenever you are starting
with a column size of one, not at the start of the document.

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--- Comment #2 from Raluca Popa <ra...@altom.ro> ---
Configuration information:
I reproduced this issue on AOO411m4(Build:9774) installed on a machine that
runs Windows 7.

Specific description of the steps:
1.Create a new Writer document
2.Go to Format > Pages > Columns
3.Insert in Columns field a value > 50, but not too extreme
4.Click on OK

Specific description of the failure:
The page is divided into 50 columns. Please notice that Columns field contains
now value 50 (not the value previously entered).

As Nicole Ballman said above, a critical condition for this bug to be
reproducible is that when executing step 3 the default value of the Column
field has to be 1.

Another way of reaching Format > Pages > Columns is Format > Columns.

I think this issue of wrong division of page is in communion with options under
Width and spacing. When enter the value at step 3, Column, Width, Spacing,
Auto-width options are not editable. According to
https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Writer_Guide/Working_with_page_styles
: “After you select more than one column, the Width and Spacing section becomes
active”.
According to Open Office wiki
(https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Writer_Guide/Using_columns_to_define_the_page_layout)
“the changes are being applied to the Default page style”.
I believe that means the page will be divided in columns that have the width at
least 0.13 “ (which is the equivalent of 50 columns).

I tried to use other page styles, but the problem still seemed to reproduce.

Other reports from OO bug database that refer column division:
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=9575 
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=7880
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=11760
These are very old reports (2002, 2003) of early versions of Writer.

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