Printerpullpages/Specification OOo33

Printing Changes for OpenOffice.org 3.3

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Specification Status
Author	Christoph Noack
Last Change
Status (Help)	Preliminary

Abstract

A new printing UI should give us better performance, more ease of use and overall more customer satisfaction. New features like the instant preview in a print dialog as well as unified N-Up printing for all applications will bring OOo's print experience more up to current standards. Additionally system integration can benefit by making use of native print dialogs (for which the MacOSX implementation will be the prime example). The development is done in the CWS printerpullpages.

References

Reference Document	Check	Location (URL)
Prerequisites	[passed/failed]	n/a
Product Requirement, RFE, Issue ID (required)	[available/not available]	<PLEASE ENTER LOCATION HERE>
Accessibility Check (required)		See accessibility section for check list
Test case specification (required)	[available/not available]	<PLEASE ENTER LOCATION HERE>
IDL Specification	[available/not available]	<PLEASE ENTER LOCATION HERE>
Software Specification Rules	n/a	n/a
Concept Development Wiki		Printerpullpages

Contacts

Refer to the page Printerpullpages, section "Summary" (preliminary, tbd).

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Refer to the page Printerpullpages, section "Definition of Terms" (preliminary, tbd).

Detailed Specification

Help | User Interface Element Templates | Example Spec

For detailed background information, please have a look at the concept development wiki at Printerpullpages.

General

1. Dialog "Print"

Property	State	Comment
State:	Modal
Type:	Dialog
Closable:	Yes
Resizable	Yes
Other:	<Specify_Other_Properties_Here>
Title EN-US:	Print	<Comment>

5. Button "Previous Page"

Property	State	Comment
Enabled:	Number of pages in print preview > 1
Disabled:	Number of pages in print preview <= 1, or Shown page in print preview = 1
On Click:	Switches to the previous page in print preview
Other:	<Specify Other Properties Here>
Button Label:	(none)	Symbol "back" is used instead of text

6. Button "Next Page"

Property	State	Comment
Enabled:	Number of pages in print preview > 1
Disabled:	Number of pages in print preview <= 1, or Shown page in print preview = (last)
On Click:	Switches to the next page in print preview
Other:	<Specify Other Properties Here>
Button Label:	(none)	Symbol "next" is used instead of text

7. Button "Help"

Property	State	Comment
Enabled:	Always
Disabled:	<Specify When Disabled Here>
On Click:	Opens help window	If possible, the shown help topic should consider the current context the user is currently working in (Tab Pages 10 ... 13).
Other:	<Specify Other Properties Here>
Button Label EN-US:	Help	<Comment>

8. Button "Print / Print to file..."

Property	State	Comment
Enabled:	Always
Disabled:	<Specify When Disabled Here>
On Click:	Confirms settings in the dialog (e.g. remember selected print options when dialog is opened again) Prints content with the currently selected print options
Other:	<Specify Other Properties Here>
Button Label EN-US:	Print	Print label may change according to the setting of "print to file" <tbd_number>.

9. Button "Cancel"

Property	State	Comment
Enabled:	Always
Disabled:	<Specify When Disabled Here>
On Click:	Reject changes in the print options Close the dialog
Other:	<Specify Other Properties Here>
Button Label EN-US:	Cancel	<Comment>

Writer

This section summarizes the print option changes (naming, functionality).

Old Group	Old Optio	Old Type	->	New Group (Tab:Group)	New Option	New Type	Description
Contents	Graphics	Checkbox	->	OpenOffice.org Writer: Contents	Pictures and drawings	Checkbox	Setting for Pictures, Drawing Objects and OLE objects. Naming still in discussion. Please refer to Issue 104312 .
Contents	Tables	Checkbox	->	-	-	Checkbox	Removed. From now on, tables will be printed in any case.
Contents	Drawings	Checkbox	->	-	-	Checkbox	Merged with "Pictures and drawings"; the new option also controls the visibility of drawing elements.
Contents	Controls	Checkbox	->	OpenOffice.org Writer: Contents	Form controls	Checkbox	Besides naming, nothing changed.
Contents	Background	Checkbox	->	OpenOffice.org Writer: Contents	Page background	Checkbox	Besides naming, nothing changed.
Contents	Print black	Checkbox	->	OpenOffice.org Writer: Color	Print text in black	Checkbox	Besides naming, nothing changed.
Contents	Hidden text	Checkbox	->	OpenOffice.org Writer: Contents	Hidden text	Checkbox	Unchanged.
Contents	Text placeholder	Checkbox	->	OpenOffice.org Writer: Contents	Text placeholders	Checkbox	Besides naming, nothing changed.
Pages	Left pages	Checkbox	->	Page Layout: Page sides	Include: Back sides / even numbered pages	Checkbox	The two different options Left pages / Right pages are now presented in a three element drop-down (including "Include: All Pages"). Naming still in discussion.
Pages	Right pages	Checkbox	->	Page Layout: Page sides	Include: Front sides / odd numbered pages	Checkbox	The two different options Left pages / Right pages are now presented in a three element drop-down (including "Include: All Pages"). Naming still in discussion.
Pages	Reversed	Checkbox	->	Options: Options	Reverse page order	Checkbox	Naming still in discussion.
Pages	Brochure	Checkbox	->	Page Layout: Layout: (Brochure)	Brochure	Radio Button	The radio button group is "Layout: Pages per sheet" and "Layout: Brochure".
Pages: (Brochure)	Right to Left	Checkbox	->	Page Layout: Layout	Right-to-left script Left-to-right script	Drop-Down	Checkbox settings (True/False) have been transformed into a drop-down with two entries.
Notes	None	Radio Button	->	General: Print	Comments: None (document only)	Drop-Down	(Notes have been renamed to Comments in OOo)
Notes	Notes only	Radio Button	->	General: Print	Comments: Comments only	Drop-Down	(Notes have been renamed to Comments in OOo)
Notes	End of document	Radio Button	->	General: Print	Comments: List at end of document	Drop-Down	(Notes have been renamed to Comments in OOo)
Notes	End of page	Radio Button	->	General: Print	Comments: List at end of page	Drop-Down	(Notes have been renamed to Comments in OOo)
Other	Print automatically inserted blank pages	Checkbox	->	OpenOffice.org Writer: Pages	Add blank pages for page breaks	Checkbox	Naming still in discussion.
Other	Create single print jobs	Checkbox	->	Options: Options	Create single print jobs for collated output	Checkbox	Besides naming, nothing changed.
Other	Paper tray from printer settings	Checkbox	->	Options: Options	Use only printer tray from printer preferences	Checkbox	Besides naming, nothing changed.
Other	Fax	Drop-Down	->	-	-	-	Removed, since it does not make sense for documents. Setting still available in Tools -- Options dialog.

Accessibility

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Migration

Application	Document Settings	Migration Decision
All	Only some print options feature settings which are saved in the document files. More information is available in document Current_Dialogs_ListOfAllPrintDialogElements.ods, "Identifier", "Document Setting".	tbd
Writer	The former print option checkboxes "Graphics" and "Drawings" have been merged to "Graphics and drawings". The separate document settings "PrintGraphics" and "PrintDrawings" still exist.	tbd
Writer	The former print option checkbox "Tables" has been removed. The document setting "PrintTables" is obsolete.	tbd
Impress/Draw	The former print option checkboxes "Date" and "Time" have been merged to "Date and time". The separate document settings "IsPrintDate" and "IsPrintTime" still exist.	tbd
Impress/Draw	The former print option radio buttons "Default", "Fit to page" and "Tile page" have been extended by "Distribute on multiple sheets". For two of them document settings are available: IsPrintFitPage, IsPrintTilePage.	tbd
Draw	The previously available print option checkbox "Hidden pages" has been removed (feature unavailable). The document setting "IsPrintHiddenPages" is obsolete.	tbd

Configuration

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File Format

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Open Issues

• Finalization of specification