Re: Print setup dialog [was Re: printing suggestions]

[Chema Celorio <chema ximian com>]

On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 09:26, Alexander Kirillov wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-05-20 at 15:11, Andreas J. Guelzow wrote:
>
> > > One quick question: the text below is result of my own observations. Can
> > > developers confirm that it is accurate?
> > >
> > > --------------
> > >  It is important to understand that Print Setup dialog sets the options
> > > for printing the current workbook.
> >
> >
> > FALSE. It contains options for printing the current sheet. (This is 
> > really somewhat tricky, since in 1.0.x every sheet has its own setup but 
> >   the setup of the current sheet is used for any one print job even if 
> > that print job prints several sheets. (I am thinking of changing this in 
> >    cvs head so that each sheet uses its own print setup since I believe 
> > this to be more natural.)
>
> Wow, this *is* tricky. I bet 99% of Gnumeric users didn't realize this.
> I'll experiment to see how it works and then  add this explanation to
> the manual in stable (1_4) branch. 
>
>  As for what is the best way to deal with it in the future - it seems
> like a good question to ask usability people. As a user, I can say that
> I'd *expect* that the print setup applies to  the whole document unless
> I ask it to be otherwise. Can we add another radiobutton  "apply to the
> whole workbook (default)/apply to current sheet only"?  Or will it
> confuse people even more? As I said, this is a good question to ask
> usability experts.

I agree with Sasha. The users are going to expect the print settings to
apply to a workbook. But maybe this comes from XL compatibility?

regards,
Chema