Bug 148700 - Changing locale doesn't adapt page margins or measurements unit (from CM to Inch)
Summary: Changing locale doesn't adapt page margins or measurements unit (from CM to ...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
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Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All All
: medium minor
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Blocks: User-Locale
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Reported: 2022-04-21 07:49 UTC by Telesto
Modified: 2025-01-09 03:13 UTC (History)
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Description Telesto 2022-04-21 07:49:52 UTC
Description:
Changing locale doesn't adapt  page margins or measurements unit (from CM to Inch)

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Launch LibreOffice on EU system (default settings a based on system locale)
2. Go to tools -> options -> Language settings -> Language
3. Change interface language to English & Locale to English VS
4. Apply and restart (to be sure)
5. Open Writer again
6. Format -> Page -> Notice margin being notated in CM and still being 2 cm (it should be 0,75 inch by default)


Actual Results:
Still CM instead of Inch and margins are incorrect too.

Expected Results:
The locale set on first launch. If you 'correct' / change it afterward settings should match locale.. (or some dialog asking you want to change that too). Still having to change other area's manually is pretty unpractical. (say you're testing bug 148698)

And regarding to margins:
Option A: Should follow locale
Option B: should follow the picked paper format. If you pick letter format, you likely want letter margins...


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Version: 7.4.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 4659fc2f0a7223a89446edff0b77e58758b5edf5
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.3 Build 9600; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (nl_NL); UI: en-US
Calc: CL Jumbo

already in
LibreOffice 3.5.7.2 
Build ID: 3215f89-f603614-ab984f2-7348103-1225a5b
Comment 1 Buovjaga 2023-01-09 10:29:35 UTC
Reproduced.

Arch Linux 64-bit, X11
Version: 7.6.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 8ae84bb5566e12df64236a116b9d1889d6f5f052
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.1; UI render: default; VCL: kf5 (cairo+xcb)
Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded Jumbo
Built on 9 January 2023
Comment 2 QA Administrators 2025-01-09 03:13:38 UTC
Dear Telesto,

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