https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151390
Bug ID: 151390
Summary: Paper formats for printing changed into gobbledygook
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 7.4.1.2 release
Hardware: All
OS: Linux (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
Reporter: thru...@gmail.com
Created attachment 182880
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A screenshot of the paper selection size menu in the Print dialog
With the 7.4.1.2 release, the paper sizes in the Print dialog have changed.
Instead of named sizes like "Letter" and "A4," they are a combination of named
sizes and inch sizes, at least in the US English version. There are several
problems with this.
1) The list of available sizes has changed. I used to use US Half-Letter (5.5 X
8.5 in), but it is no longer on the list. What other changes are there?
2) The sizes are identified by inch measurements instead of names. This
probably means that they are converted from metric to US, without explanation.
This is unacceptable. Nobody uses paper sizes with names that have been
converted from a foreign system. The US system uses simple inch sizes, and the
SI uses simple millimeter sizes. We don't mix them in real life. You need to
stick with sizes that are sold, using the names they are sold under.
3) As before, the list is not ordered in any way that is immediately apparent.
It seems to be random. At least if the sizes were in ascending order, I could
have some hope of using them. But I don't know what they are. "If we had ham,
we could have ham and cheese sandwiches, if we had cheese."
Please do not take this as a trivial complaint from just one individual user.
These changes are obviously and objectively non-optimal. Please revert them
immediately. The old list was not perfect, but it was 150% better.
Thanks
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