https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94342
Bug ID: 94342
Summary: PRINTING: Printing certain page layouts
(brochure/multiple pages-per-sheet) should enable
fields for setting page size/orientation
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 5.0.0.5 release
Hardware: Other
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Printing and PDF export
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Since changing the print dialog's page layout (brochure/multiple
pages-per-sheet/fit-to-page/distribute/etc...) disassociates the document's
page size with the paper size/orientation, these fields need to be made active
when the page layout changes.
Since LibreOffice 4.1-ish, the print properties dialog's paper size and
orientation fields have been ignored unless you first enable "Use only paper
size from printer preferences," which is hidden under the Options tab of the
main print dialog. Starting in LibreOffice 5.0, the paper size and orientation
fields are now disabled (greyed out) and can not be set without first checking
"Use only paper size from printer preferences."
Unfortunately, these settings are still grayed out when you choose an alternate
page layout, even though these page layouts don't directly rely on the page
size. At least, when using those page layouts, paper size/orientation are
still being honored, but users have no easy/intuitive way to change them.
This affects printing in Writer (brochure/multiple pages per sheet),
Draw/Impress (fit-to-page, distribute on multiple sheets, tile sheet), and Calc
(pages-per-sheet).
Steps to reproduce:
1. New Writer document
2. File -> Print
3. Page Layout tab
4. Brochure mode
5. General Tab
6. Properties
Expected:
Paper size and Orientation should be active (not greyed out).
Actual:
Paper size and Orientation are greyed out.
Notes:
This wouldn't be as much of a problem if there was an easy intuitive way to
make those fields active. One way to do that would be to simply move "Use only
paper size from printer preferences" from the Options tab on the main printing
dialog to be adjacent to the fields it modifies.
I've tested this behavior on LibreOffice 5.0.0.5 and 5.0.2.1 using 64bit Fedora
20.
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