Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Full Text Issue Listing |
Summary: | Export PDF with Reversed Option | ||
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Product: | gsl | Reporter: | omlx <fahad.alsaidi> |
Component: | code | Assignee: | AOO issues mailing list <issues> |
Status: | CONFIRMED --- | QA Contact: | |
Severity: | Trivial | ||
Priority: | P3 | CC: | issues, matthias.mueller-prove |
Version: | OOo 2.0.4 | ||
Target Milestone: | AOO PleaseHelp | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | All | ||
Issue Type: | ENHANCEMENT | Latest Confirmation in: | --- |
Developer Difficulty: | --- |
Description
omlx
2007-07-11 20:53:11 UTC
confirm mmp: Any opinions on this ? Or maybe even a spec ;-) ? MMP>PL: well, seems esoteric to me. But I believe that the request is valid. Philipp, can you imagine an extension infrastructure for such "special features"? That depends on what you mean by extension. If you think of a special extension for this specific feature, the effort would be way higher than to simply put it into the regular PDF export. If you are worried about UI clutter (granted, the dialog is already quite heavy) we could hide this and some other UI elements behind a "advanced features" button. yes, you got the idea. I know a little bit about the 3rd party development around InDesign. You wouldn't believe what features are developed (as plugins to InDesign) to streamline the professional production process of magazines and newspapers. Having a PDF back to front (for what ever purpose) is the tip of the iceberg. Another rule of thumb: PDF Export should provide equivalent features as printing. There we have in Options something like "Reversed" and "Brochure" This is an argumanet to implement such an PDF Reversed feature. I dont like it - Somebody requested it - someone voted for it - rule of thumb says: do it - so you get my approval. Do we have an idea where to put it? A 5th tab?? Matthias In printing reverse is most often used to implement manual Duplex for printers that do not have a duplexer; you print every second page, turn the paper around, feed the stack back to the printer and print in reverse order. A new tab page would solve the problem for now, but in the end this would probably mean a dialog monster like format->character at some point. Perhaps this could be the first dialog to be changed so that the tab control is a dropdown listbox instead ? This would at least prevent the tab clutter problem. wrt/ reverse order in printing oops, even the help did not explain it this way. wrt/ an additional tab. A wizard might be the best way out. It has room for 8 panels. And the user can immediately press Finish to skip all other steps. Or an hybrid design. A simple dialog with just the factory settings ( 3 to 5 variations ) and an extended dialog for thrill seekers. setting target Reset assignee on issues not touched by assignee in more than 2000 days. |