[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 99995] Paragraphs with Font Effects>Hidden flag cannot be included in PDF export and not shown in File-Print Preview (workaround: print to PDF)

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=99995

--- Comment #8 from Andrew Watson <notinteresting at gmx.com> ---
Checked with:

Version: 7.0.0.0.alpha1
Build ID: 6a03b2a54143a9bc0c6d4c7f1...
CPU threads: 4; OS: Mac OS X 10.11.6; UI render: default; VCL: osx; 
Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI: en-GB
Calc: threaded

Results:

1. As in LO 3.3.0.6 and later, there is no way that I can find to include
Paragraphs-with-the-hidden-flag-set in PDF files generated with "Export As ...
PDF".

2. As in LO 6.3.0.1 and later, display of Paragraphs-with-the-hidden-flag-set
is now controlled by the "View>Formatting Marks" option AND the "Display
Formatting: Hidden Characters" check-box on the "Preferences>LibreOffice
Writer>Formatting Aids" preferences pane. I still find it confusing that
"View>Formatting Marks" influences the display of
Paragraphs-with-the-hidden-flag-set; formatting marks and hidden text seem to
be orthogonal concepts to me.

3. As in LO 6.2.0.2, if "View>Formatting Marks" is switched off, selecting
"Export as ..." for PNG and JPEG unilaterally switches it on. Furthermore, all
the other "Display Formatting" settings  settings on the
"Preferences>LibreOffice Writer>Formatting Aids" preferences pane (i.e.
"Paragraph end", "Soft Hyphens", "Spaces", "Non-breaking spaces", Tabs" and
"Breaks" are unilaterally switched off. Although the generated PNG or JPEG then
(correctly) exports the image with Paragraphs-with-the-hidden-flag-set showing,
there seems to be no way to create a PNG/JPG with these paragraphs hidden. It
also seems highly undesirable that simply selecting "Export ..." for PNG and
JPEG (even if that export is then cancelled) should unilaterally change the
state of 7 check-boxes on the "Preferences>LibreOffice Writer>Formatting Aids"
preferences pane. This is a regression: LO 6.3.0.1 had more rational behaviour
(see Comment 6 item 3), but this improvement had disappeared by LO 6.4.0.2.

4. As in LO 3.3.0.6 and later, there is no way of making "File>Print Preview"
display Paragraphs-with-the-hidden-flag-set, even if those paragraphs are
printed with "File>Print".

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