Issue 79690 - booklet printing is backwards with RTL documents
Summary: booklet printing is backwards with RTL documents
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Internationalization
Classification: Code
Component: BiDi (show other issues)
Version: OOo 2.0.4
Hardware: All All
: P3 Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: stefan.baltzer
QA Contact: issues@l10n
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Reported: 2007-07-17 11:19 UTC by Ariel
Modified: 2017-05-20 10:30 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description Ariel 2007-07-17 11:19:17 UTC 
Booklets print backwards when printing a RTL document.

I set the 'Text direction' in Format->Page, it works for the page itself, but
the booklet printing doesn't respect it.
Comment 1 kpalagin 2007-12-16 20:02:34 UTC 
asoo,
please try latest released version (which is 2.3.1 at the moment).
If it still misbehaves please attach sample doc.
Thanks.
Comment 2 kpalagin 2008-01-30 08:50:46 UTC 
No response - closing.
Comment 3 kpalagin 2008-01-30 08:51:25 UTC 
Closed
Comment 4 Ariel 2008-01-30 08:59:59 UTC 
Please don't close this. I don't have any way to try the latest version until
debian upgrades. As soon as it does I will test it.
Comment 5 shai2platonix 2008-04-14 23:53:51 UTC 
I just checked this on 2.4.0. There is now a "RTL" checkbox next to the
"brochure" (which I assume is what used to be "booklet printing") checkbox in
the printing options, and checking it produces correct booklets.

Upon more careful reading: I think the bug is a "user error"; the user expected
the page direction in Format->Page to affect the order of pages in a booklet,
when it only affects the single page -- for page ordering, there's a different
setting (at least there is now; I don't know how 'old' that setting is).

Even if the RTL setting for booklet printing was already present at 2.0 when the
bug was reported, I'm calling this "user error" with quotes, because this is a
case of misleading UI: one only expects to tell the software "this document is
RTL" once.

Perhaps it is better to close the functionality bug and open a usability bug
instead.
Comment 6 Ariel 2008-04-15 00:33:13 UTC 
If there is now a 'RTL' checkbox by brochure printing then this bug is fixed.

There was none when I opened the bug.

I agree that as a usability issue it can be better, but if it's at least
possible then I'm happy.

Let me just install the new version and verify it does what I expect, if it does
then I will close this bug.

I won't be able to do it right away (I need to do a distribution upgrade first),
but I'll check it soon.
Comment 7 Raphael Bircher 2011-10-05 00:23:38 UTC 
What's the result, can we close the bug?
Comment 8 Ariel 2011-10-05 03:13:01 UTC 
Looks good, I closed the bug.

I'm not sure why it needs a separate setting from Format->Page->Text direction, but it does work.

(Perhaps default that checkbox to on based on the text direction setting?)