Hi Drew, Thanks for checking this out. My responses are in-line with your message.
On 22.05.2018 17:41, Drew Jensen wrote: > Howdy, > > I see that when you follow through with a 'print to file' as the printer > choice; > the dialog to name the file has a drop down for selecting the type of file, > with > > All formats > Portable Documents Format > Any type > > as three choices. Yes, that appears to be true for Linux systems, at least for all the distros I have. The condition arises when "Print to File" is used under windows. I have tested on my Win 7 & 10 boxes Selecting printer preferences for this option in the print dialog opens the normal preference settings are for whatever is the system default printer. Clicking the final print button brings up the standard Windows Save As dialog, with only 2 choices of file type *.PRN or Any type(*.*). Obviously changing the file extension is meaningless, because it is still a PRN file. This is still the case when the Windows system has PDF printer driver software installed. > I did not realize it was system optional for PDF to be there, > kind of thought that was built into the application code but > it makes sense that in this case Libo is using an external > generator (from the OS). Your sure that is the case? Linux & Windows printing systems are worlds apart. We would have to ask the devs about this. > Either way I think the GS should mention it, > Firstly, if for some reason the person's system didn't > recognize a local or network printer this > 'Print to file' is still be displayed. Yes, it will be displayed, but what would an inexperienced Windows user do with a PRN file? During the PRN file creation the real printer dialog appears, just like a normal print job, but the user sees no result or output. So we get the same old whine in the support forums (eg. LO can't print, etc. etc.) > Second, and then maybe it is ok to mention a 'see > LibreOffice *6.0* Module Guide' that guide isn't published > yet and the way to make the statement accurate is > to get something about that into it. Jean and others did a great job with the 5.4 Writer guide, but the print section there is almost a verbatim copy of this section in GS5.2 and I don't think it would be a good idea to refer to a non-existent guide. > Third, with or without the see also type reference, how about > change that to: > > Which I've been trying to fashion for 10 minutes > but it keeps getting very wordy. Same here. I spent over an hour recreating "War & Peace" on just this one trivial point, but gave up and finished the rest of the chapter. > So maybe just a pass is the right way to go. Unless we can find some Windows users to prove me wrong, this would be my my favoured option. I will be uploading the chapter to ODF Authors before tomorrows meeting, so maybe the team can chew this over then. Best Regards Dave > On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 11:28 AM DaveB <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 22.05.2018 07:46, DaveB wrote: >>> To get the ball rolling, I have taken chapter 10 "Printing, Exporting, >>> E‑mailing". This will be the chapter's initial draft and may require >>> subsequent review. >>> >>> Dave >> Using the previous 5.2 edition of this chapter as a basis for revision, >> I see that under "Printing Options" it reads: "The printer (from the >> printers available). The Print to File printer is now always available >> and will generate a PDF file that you save on your disk." This is a >> possible option available on some systems, but on other systems there is >> no option and the user will get a PRN file, normally based on the >> his/her default printer settings. Since this guide is geared towards >> inexperienced users who are unlikely to know what to do with a PRN file, >> or have software necessary to process it, I propose to remove the "Print >> to File" reference from this chapter. I would have proposed referring >> the reader to a more detailed guide, such as the Writer Guide, but that >> also has the same issue. >> >> Any thoughts, or alternative proposals? >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] >> Problems? >> https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> deleted >> -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
