Bug 136894 - Index: automatically add continuation note when an entry breaks across a page
Summary: Index: automatically add continuation note when an entry breaks across a page
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
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unspecified
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
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Blocks: TableofContents-Indexes
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Reported: 2020-09-19 17:44 UTC by R. Green
Modified: 2020-12-21 11:05 UTC (History)
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Image of an index showing a continuation line (7.22 KB, image/png)
2020-09-19 17:44 UTC, R. Green
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Description R. Green 2020-09-19 17:44:50 UTC
Created attachment 165687 [details]
Image of an index showing a continuation line

Version: 7.0.0.3 (x64)
Build ID: 8061b3e9204bef6b321a21033174034a5e2ea88e
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19041; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-GB (en_GB); UI: en-GB
Calc: threaded

It is not uncommon in non-fiction books for an index entry or subentry to run from one page to the other. In this case the Oxford Guide to Style (OUP, 2005, 16.6.2 "Continuation") stipulates that the entry heading or subheading should be repeated at the top of the new page, followed by a space, then "(cont.)": especially when going from the bottom of a recto page to the top of a verso.

You can find examples in almost any non-fiction book index: the attached image is from the index to the Oxford Guide to Style itself.
Comment 1 Dieter 2020-09-20 14:15:12 UTC
Cpuldn't find anything in Chicago manual of Style. 16.141 shows an example of an index, where the text just continues.

LO doesn't follow a certain style guide (that would make some decisions easier)
Comment 2 Xisco Faulí 2020-11-18 14:45:54 UTC
as an enhancement, it makes sense, not sure whether it will ever be implemented though