[fdo#40325] PRINTING: order of page not respected with Handout

[Regina Henschel]

Hi Rob,

Rob Snelders schrieb:
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> Hi All,
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> This bug describes that the printing of handouts doesn't respect the
> "order of page"-option.
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> It seems some parts of the working of this already functions but the
> default-option still is weird. It defaults to 6 slides and doesn't
> respect the "order of page"-option it always prints vertically first.
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> I think it would be better to remove te default-option for the slides
> and default to 6 slides with the "left to right then down" selected
> for "order of page".
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> Anybody any thoughts on that?

It is a long history. It starts around this
"Enhance handout printing in impress"
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=85355

Then I noticed this bug
"Can no longer print handouts with customized size and arrangement of 
the preview objects"
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=94055

which leads to the "default" option in the print dialog. So no, do not 
remove the "default" option.

That the order cannot be set is an issue for its own, already know on 
OpenOffice.org:
"Print order (horizontal/vertical) cannot be selected freely when 
printing multiple slides with Impress"
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=98598
"New print dialog ignores Order setting when printing handouts in Impress"
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=114442

As far as I understand the presets, it was intended, that the user 
cannot alter these. That does not mean, that a change of this behavior 
is not possible.

I have not tried it actually, but in "default" mode, setting the order 
should work.

Kind regards
Regina