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Karmic (9.10)
OOo-writer 1:3.1.1-5ubuntu1
I know this bug was supposed to be fixed in 3.0, but I expirenced it in Jaunty and now that I did a fresh Karmic install, it is still present. Attached is a picture to show what I am attempting to describe - I simply entered text, hit enter, entered more text, hit enter, etc, so the formatting is done on its own by OOo.
When typing notes as an outline (I, A, i, a...), the first and second (I, II) number/bullets are followed by a space (which is good). Then, the third (III) is followed by a tab stop (bad). Then the fourth (IV) is followed by a space again. Then the problem continues randomly down the page with some have spaces and others having tab stops.
A workaround is, on the third "point" (III): Go to Numbering/Bullets --> Position Tab--> Number Followed by: and choose "Space" instead of "Tab Stop." This will prevent the "error" from duplicating itself for the remainder of the notes.
So, even though there is a work around that keeps note taking functional, OOo writer shouldn't be doing this. If the first "point" has a space, all subsequent "points" should have a space as well, not III, VI, VII, VIII, IX, XI, and so forth.
This looks to be an issue with the tab stop being too small for that sized font. When the enumeration is very long, the start of any text goes to the next tab. Could you see if you could reproduce this problem with smaller font, or with a larger tab stop setting?