https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=99995
Bug ID: 99995
Summary: Paragraphs with Font Effects>Hidden flag cannot be
included in PDF or Print Preview
Product: LibreOffice
Version: Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Created attachment 125235
--> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=125235&action=edit
Test file to demonstrate Hidden Text that cannot be exported to PDF or Print
Previewed
Paragraph styles have a "Hidden" option under their "Font Effects" tab. There
are setting that allow these paragraphs to be displayed on-screen or printed.
However, there is no way to include these paragraphs in PDF generated via "File
> Export as PDF ...". They also never appear in print previews.
To display Hidden paragraphs on-screen, View>Nonprinting characters must be set
to ON, AND Preferences>LibreOffice Writer>Formatting Aids>Hidden Text must be
ON.
To print Hidden paragraphs to the printer, the "Hidden Text" selection in the
print dialogue box must be ON. The default value of this selection is set via
Preferences>LibreOffice Writer>Print>Hidden Text. The value of View>Nonprinting
characters is immaterial to printing Hidden Paragraphs.
However, there appears to be no setting that causes Hidden Text to be included
in PDF output, or in the preview displayed by File>Page Preview.
The attached test file can be used to demonstrate this, and has been tested
under these versions:
LO 3.3.0.6 under Linux Mint 17.1 xfce
LO 4.0.0.3 under Linux Mint 17.1 xfce
LO 4.0.6.2 under MacOS 10.5.8
LO 4.2.8.2 under Linux Mint 17.1 xfce
LO 5.1.3.2 under Linux Mint 17.1.xfce
LO 5.2.0.0alpa1 under Linux Mint 17.1 xfce
This behaviour seems to have been inherited from OpenOffice - see this
2010-vintage Open Office forum discussion:
https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=30663
IMO, there are two (interrelated?) serious bugs here:
1. It should be possible to switch on inclusion of paragraphs with the Hidden
flag set in PDF generated with the "Export as PDF ..." command.
2. If paragraphs with the Hidden flag set would by default be printed (i.e. the
Preferences>LibreOffice Writer>Print>Hidden Text flag is on), then the preview
displayed with File>Page Preview should show it.
IMO there are also two related minor bugs:
3. It would be better if display of hidden text were made independent of the
View>Nonprinting characters setting. Surely display of non-printing characters
(such as Paragraph marks) is orthogonal to displaying Hidden Text?
4. It would be better if the "View>Hidden Paragraphs" option controlled the
display of Paragraph styles whose Hidden option is set. Under the Principle of
Least Surprise, any reasonable person would refer to a Paragraph style with the
Hidden flag set as a "Hidden Paragraph", and therefore expect the "View>Hidden
Paragraphs" option to control its display.
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