Created attachment 132625 [details] Screenshot of print dialog window when using a dash This bug report is a followup of bug 107192 comment 3, comment 5 and comment 7. Steps to reproduce: Download the "LibreOffice 5.2 Getting Started" document (20.4Mega-bytes)from http://documentation.libreoffice.org/assets/Uploads/Documentation/en/GS5.2/GS52-GettingStartedLO.odt or its chapter 10 (1.4Mega-bytes) from http://documentation.libreoffice.org/assets/Uploads/Documentation/en/GS5.2/ODT/GS5210-PrintExportEmail.odt Then go to "Controlling printing" page 293, then "Selecting pages/sheets/slides to print" section, "Printing a range of pages:" subsection. or to page 7, "Selecting pages/sheets/slides to print" in subsubsection "Writer" The text states exactly the following: " b) Enter the sequence numbers of the pages to print (for example, 1–4 or 1,3,7,11). " There is a dash between the 1 and 4 when there should be an hyphen between the 1 and 4. If you try to print a range of pages with a dash, you will not be able to print; you will not succeed. Actual results - - - - - - - - There is a dash inside "1–4". The documentation in that range of pages example is using a dash character. Expected results - - - - - - - - - There should be a hyphen inside "1-4". The documentation in that range of pages example should be using a dash character. I even went as far as trying to print a range of pages using "1–4" with a real document and a printer connected and I did not print anything.
The screenshot ( attachment 132625 [details] ) is quite revealing. The extended tip uses an hyphen while there is a dash inside the Pages input text control and the miniature on its lefthand side states "Aucune page" meaning that NO page is actually being selected to be printed.
> Expected results > - - - - - - - - - > There should be a hyphen inside "1-4". The documentation in that range of > pages example should be using a dash character. Duh!! Expected results - - - - - - - - - There should be a hyphen inside "1-4". The documentation in that range of pages example should be using *_an hyphen_* character.
Exact spot in the documentation online: http://documentation.libreoffice.org/assets/Uploads/Documentation/en/GS5.2/HTML/GS5210-PrintExportEmail.html#__RefHeading__8519_1712854287 - - - - - - Webpage of ODT documents for downloads have been found here: Latest Getting Started Guide: Version 5.2; Download Individual chapters, chapter 10: 1.4Mega-bytes http://documentation.libreoffice.org/en/english-documentation/getting-started-guide/ LibreOffice 5.2 Getting Started User Guide: 20.4Mega-Bytes https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/
Confirming with Unicode toggle that an "En-Dash" (U+2013) rather than a "Hyphen-Minus" (U+002d) is used in the GS5.2 text.
I just checked the latest version of Getting Started document https://documentation.libreoffice.org/assets/Uploads/Documentation/en/GS6.0/GS60-GettingStartedLO.pdf at page 301 and in https://documentation.libreoffice.org/assets/Uploads/Documentation/en/GS6.0/GS60-GettingStartedLO.odt they both have the mistake I reported 17 months ago.
Problems with Writer's Guide should be reported to documentation mailing list (see bug 90334, comment 6): documentation@global.libreoffice.org I will send this report to that mailing list and close this as NOTOURBUG (because it is not in the software or online help).