Bug 156252 - Manual page-break doesn't offer format 'portrait' if document is was started using orientation 'landscape'
Summary: Manual page-break doesn't offer format 'portrait' if document is was started ...
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
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7.4.7.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Windows (All)
: medium minor
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Reported: 2023-07-12 11:55 UTC by schwarzschild
Modified: 2023-07-13 20:50 UTC (History)
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Description schwarzschild 2023-07-12 11:55:41 UTC
Description:
Problem: When I write a document in page-orientation 'landscape' via document>properties and later try to set a manual page break to a page with page-orientation:'portrait' in insert>break>manual break>type:page break>page format, page-format 'portrait' is missing in the list.

Solution: Set whole document to page-format 'portrait', then manually re-assign page-format 'landscape' to pages who benefit from that. 

Request: It would be nice tho to have an easy solution inverted from the standard procedure (where you sometimes insert landscape-oriented pages) to be able to sometimes insert portrait-oriented pages into a landscape-oriented document.

Context: I have a document consisting of many columnrich tables ('landscape'), followed (!) by a few pages with text or fullpage pictures ('portrait').

Steps to Reproduce:
Set document to page-orientiation 'landscape' in document>properties, write stuff, then at some point try to add a manual page-break using insert>break>manual break>type:page-break>page-format 'portrait'.

Actual Results:
page format 'portrait' is missing in the list of page formats in insert>break>manual break>type:page break>page-format (for a manual break from 'landscape' to 'portrait').

Expected Results:
page format 'portrait' is in the list of page formats in insert>break>manual break>type:page break>page-format for a manual break from 'landscape' to 'portrait'.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Request: It would be nice tho to have an easy solution inverted from the standard procedure (where you sometimes insert landscape-oriented pages) to be able to sometimes insert portrait-oriented pages into a landscape-oriented document.

Context: I have a document consisting of many columnrich tables ('landscape'), followed (!) by a few pages with text or fullpage pictures ('portrait').
Comment 1 LeroyG 2023-07-12 19:28:57 UTC
I think that this is an enhancement request, provided that I can create a Portrait page style, and choose it from the Page Style list in the Insert Break dialog.
Comment 2 m_a_riosv 2023-07-12 21:53:20 UTC
Please take a look in
https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/swriter/guide/page_break.html?DbPAR=WRITER#bm_id3155183
look at
To Quickly Switch Between Portrait and Landscape Page Layout

Please if you are not agree, reopen it.
Comment 3 LeroyG 2023-07-13 20:50:08 UTC
(In reply to m.a.riosv from comment #2)
There must have been something wrong with my test. Now I can confirm that there's no need to create a new style.
Thanks m.a.riosv.