https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=124403

Rainer Bielefeld <[email protected]> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Version|4.1.0-beta                  |OOo 3.3 or older
            Summary|merge only selected pages   |form letter print dialog:
                   |of a text document          |Pages range related to
                   |                            |target document instead of
                   |                            |source document.

--- Comment #14 from Rainer Bielefeld 
<[email protected]> ---
Well, I think I have got it. I compared proceeding OOo 3.1.1 and AOo 4.1.0, 

a) User scenario:
User has all 50 Pages of 40 letters  of correspondence in 1 document.odt. Now
he wants to send the new letter on page 51 to 4 recipients. So he has to print
a form letter only page 51 to 4 records of the database

(b) My test comparing 
* OOo 3.1.1, "old" print dialog without preview
* AOo 4.1.0, new print dialog with print preview 
for details see spreadsheet StepByStep.ods in attached test kit.

(c) Summary of my result:

(c1) In OOo 3.1.1 Pages range entry in Print dialog for form letter print is
related to source document. Page or pages listed in 'Print Range - Pages' will
be printed for each recipient

(c2) In OOo 4.1.0 'Pages Range' entry in Print dialog for form letter print is
related to TARGET document. In user scenario shows "1 - 203", 203 is 50 pages
source document multiplied with 4 recipients + 3 automatically inserted blank
pages. 

(d) My test
With a simple 3 pages document with Bibliography database as "address
source"tried to do a print of source document page 2 to 2 recipients.

(d1) With 3.1.1 that is simple, in form letter Print I simply type "2" into
source document related 'Print Range - Pages', and Page 2 of source document
will be printed for each recipient.

(d2) With 4.1.0 that is difficult. Into Target document related 'Print Range
-Pages' U have to type  2,6:
* "2," Page 2 of target document for first recipient
* "6": Because in target document all source pages will be printed, for
recipient 1 4 pages will be created, 1-3 source document + blank page
automatically inserted. So page 2 source document for second recipient will be
target document page 6
(d3) d2  is unreasonable

(e) Problem appeared with new print dialog with print preview, if I remember
correctly that has been introduced with OOo 3.3.0

(f) I am pretty sure that I already submitted an enhancement request for a
similar problem in Mail Merge Wizard, I will search for it.

@mroe:
Do my comments describe your problem?

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