Dialogs are very different between the two apps. For example there is no positioning tab / options in the bullets and numbering dialog in impress so for example one cannot create tab stop or space after the bullet. I tried both the native fedora and flatpak version of LO. Version: 25.8.4.2 (X86_64) Build ID: 580(Build:2) CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.18; UI render: default; VCL: kf6 (cairo+wayland) Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
Created attachment 205067 [details] Bullets and numbering dialog in writer
Created attachment 205068 [details] Bullets and numbering dialog in impress
The ODF standard has two modes for lists. The mode is set by the attribute 20.431 text:list-level-position-and-space-mode It has the values "label-alignment" and "label-width-and-position", with "label-width-and-position" being the default. The modes differ in how the label part is described. The mode "label-alignment" uses the settings in the child element "style:list-level-label-alignment". This child element is only evaluated in this mode. The mode "label-width-and-position" uses the attributes "text:space-before", "text:min-label-width", "text:min-label-distance". Impress uses "label-width-and-position", Writer uses "label-alignment". Thus the dialog needs to be different in Writer and Impress. The mode "label-width-and-position" is the old one, used in OOo1.1. If you open a text document that uses this kind of numbering you will see a different dialog tab "Position" than inserting a newly list. I'll attach such document. I have not tested, which mode is compatible with lists in other formats (e.g. doc, docx, rtf, uot, ppt, pptx). Thus here are several problems: A) The "label-alignment" mode is not implemented in Impress => enhancement. An Implementation would need in addition an option to convert lists with "label-width-and-position" mode to "label-alignment" mode. B) The user cannot chose in Writer which mode to use => enhancement. C) The user cannot convert the old "label-width-and-position" mode to the new "label-alignment" mode in Writer => enhancement. I suggest to keep (A) for this report and turn it to an enhancement request.
Created attachment 205069 [details] Example of old list mode