[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 115464] UI of export to PNG and JPG misleading for resolution

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=115464

--- Comment #27 from Dirk Munk <munk at home.nl> ---
This bug is reported on Draw, but Writer has the same problem.

Word processors like Writer work with documents made up in inch or cm / mm. So
when I design a writer document, the pages are set up in cm. If I want to
export such a document to a jpg or png file, the only thing I want to do is set
the proper dpi setting. When I do that, the document size (in cm) should stay
the same, unless I explicitly want to change it.. 

At present Writer seems to calculate the number of pixels the graphics file
will have, based on the size in cm, en the screen resolution (96 dpi). That
image seems to exist when the UI is shown. When I change the dpi setting, the
size of the document in cm also changes. I will then have to change the size of
the document in cm, and then Writer will recalculate the image, but based on
the pixels, not with the original odt document as input! That will always
result in lower quality. At least this is how it appears to be happening.

If you want to make changes to the size of the document in inch or cm or
pixels, that's fine with me. Normally you begin with the dpi setting, and then
you change the size of the document, you can use inches, cm, or pixels as
desired size. The graphics document should always be calculated from the
original odt file, never recalculated from some intermediate graphics file made
up out of pixels.

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