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Public bug reported:

The new printing UI (since Version 3.1?) has the annoying feature, that
it selects the whole page range by default when switching from the "All
pages" radiobutton to the "Pages" radio button.

This is highly nonsense. 
If we are in a multiple pages document, and I want to print all of them, I don't switch the radio button and just go with "All pages".
_If_ I switch the radiobutton to "Pages" then I have a reason not to print the whole range.

Thus the earlier behaviour, namly selecting and showing by default only
the current page, does make sense, since this is the most common case.
It takes you one more click/tip on the keyboard to choose the right page
number. And if for some reason, you cannot see which page you wanted to
print (Status bar gone, small screen, etc), you will even have to type
more than one.

The only reason I can see is to hint new users how to use the selection
in the interface. That's not worth it, I think.

Thus this bug report.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: libreoffice-core 1:3.3.3-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Sep 28 21:47:51 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_DE:en
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: libreoffice
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-28 (152 days ago)

** Affects: libreoffice (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug apport-lpi natty unity-2d

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Title:
  Selecting "Pages" in the Printer dialog should (again) select the
  current single page by default

Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The new printing UI (since Version 3.1?) has the annoying feature,
  that it selects the whole page range by default when switching from
  the "All pages" radiobutton to the "Pages" radio button.

  This is highly nonsense. 
  If we are in a multiple pages document, and I want to print all of them, I don't switch the radio button and just go with "All pages".
  _If_ I switch the radiobutton to "Pages" then I have a reason not to print the whole range.

  Thus the earlier behaviour, namly selecting and showing by default
  only the current page, does make sense, since this is the most common
  case. It takes you one more click/tip on the keyboard to choose the
  right page number. And if for some reason, you cannot see which page
  you wanted to print (Status bar gone, small screen, etc), you will
  even have to type more than one.

  The only reason I can see is to hint new users how to use the
  selection in the interface. That's not worth it, I think.

  Thus this bug report.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: libreoffice-core 1:3.3.3-1ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic 2.6.38.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Sep 28 21:47:51 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=de_DE:en
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: libreoffice
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-28 (152 days ago)

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