[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 122079] New printer dialog in 6.3+ doesn't detect Automatic Orientation well so page orientation can be changed

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122079

Daniel Silva <danielfaleirosilva at gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #8 from Daniel Silva <danielfaleirosilva at gmail.com> ---
I think we all agree there is the following bug: changing orientation in print
dialog breaks N-up/brochure paper orientation.

If the print dialog just changes paper orientation and the document orientation
remains the same, the result is not practical to the user. The document would
not fit the new paper orientation. Sometimes, part of the document would not
even be printed because of this orientation mismtach. Another approach could be
by fitting the document to new paper orientation, but that would leave a lot of
blank spaces and the document would have to be shrinked/expanded to make it
fit. It would not look good.

Besides, the new behavior is the same behavior of MS Office's Word. Word's
print dialog does change document orientation. It makes sense to me: if I wish
to print the document in another orientation, I would like it to make the best
fit in the paper and that requires the document to adapt.

Maybe some users would understand the orientation mismatch. They would close
the print dialog, then go to page->format and change document orientation.
Then, they would finally be able to print in the orientation they wanted.
However, that seems a lot of work to print a document in a different
orientation. And besides, if changing orientation in print dialog would not
bring the desired result unless you change document orientation elsewhere, why
bother having a orientation option in the print dialog? It does not make sense.

Nowadays, the option to change orientation is very common in print dialogs. I
think having such option in LO's print dialog is good to avoid the typical user
complaint that LO's UI looks old.

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