Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: openoffice.org-common
When you click file -> print onopenoffice, you get a small window with a
"collate" checkbox. Now, it's very nice that the little graphic
changes when I click or unclick "collate", unfortunately, it is
ambiguous.
When the "collate" box is checked, it shows pages arranged like this:
3 3
2 2
1 1
When the collate box is unclecked, it shows this:
1 2 3
1 2 3
Now, which is which? Do I read from bottom to top then the next column,
or do I read across, row by row? The trouble is, the printer is going to
produce
a stack of pages, and the printer's output won't look like *either* picture.
It'll
look like this: 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 or like this 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3.
Please make the graphic show what I will see in the printer's output
tray.
Obviously, if you are sure what collate means, or (obviously) if you
wrote the code, it will seem obvious. However, I feel the need to get
a dictionary because the little pictures didn't help me. (Or, just
print the darn thing twice and don't worry about the "collate"
button...)
Oh, and one more thing. The pictures don't help you decide what happens if
you are doing double-sided printing.
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04
$
$ apt-cache policy openoffice.org-common
openoffice.org-common:
Installed: 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2
Candidate: 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2
Version table:
*** 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1:2.4.0-3ubuntu6 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
$
** Affects: openoffice.org (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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The "collate" graphic on openoffice is confusing
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/260104
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