Description: In Draw: When I export selected objects as PDF (within the export submenue, not with the immediate export as PDF), I tick the "selection only" field, but the produced PDF consists of all pages and all objects, not only the ones that I selected. This is a serious error, and makes it impossible to really get the PDF that I expected: a PDF with the selected objects and of the size of the selected objects only. By the way: the field "selected only" could better be set if the export dialog opens, if the user has selected one or more objects. This would save me one step and would avoid errors that result in false formats if I forget to tick the field. I'll attach one of my typical draw documents and the PDF that is produced, which has two pages, even though I ticked the "selection only" and I selected the drawing on page 2 only. brgs, gsc Steps to Reproduce: 1.Open the attached draw document, go to page 2, select all objects on this page. 2.Open the "Export" entry in the File menue, tick the "selection only" field. 3.Finish export with Ok. Actual Results: See attched PDF file. Expected Results: I expected a PDF page with the size of the selected objects. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: See the attached png for the menu entry.
Created attachment 186500 [details] The "export as PDF" dialog The dialog used.
Created attachment 186501 [details] The two-page draw file The draw file
Created attachment 186502 [details] The produced PDF
Works for me going through: Menu/File/Export As/Export as PDF That shows the pdf options to export, select Range-Selection. Through: Menu/File/Export - Selecting PDF as type to export, and marking Selection, I receive the PDF options window. Version: 7.5.2.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 53bb9681a964705cf672590721dbc85eb4d0c3a2 CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: es-ES (es_ES); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded
Same as m.a.riosv, going through File > Exports... and ticking selection does open the next dialog, in which we can select Selection again. It does work for me if the setting is selected in that dialog too. An improvement would be to auto-select that in the second dialog if it was ticked in the first dialog. Version: 7.6.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 5cc29848b78b6c5ab01aa7a66b1dd7caff5f9385 CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
No, the preferred action should be: if object(s) are selected, all subsequent settings, wherever those are, should automatically be set. I was not aware that there is an additional decision in the PDF dialogue to be taken. For me this is a confusional doubling. brgs, gsc
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Best solution would be: Put away *.pdf from export submenue. There will only be started the complete dialog for *.pdf-export and nothing else.
Yes, but please automatically check the "selected" radio button if the user has selected object(s). brgs, gsc
Let's adjust the summary. Per bug 54908 the automatic activation of the Selection option should work for all of the applications, but it doesn't work in Impress or Draw.
(In reply to Gerhard Schmidt from comment #6) > No, the preferred action should be: if object(s) are selected, all > subsequent settings, wherever those are, should automatically be set. > > I was not aware that there is an additional decision in the PDF dialogue to > be taken. For me this is a confusional doubling. That was implemented for Writer for bug 54908 but there is a significant number of disappointed users regarding that change (many cases of not understanding why only a part is printed, especially when the selection is not a text range). A solution that would please most is being discussed in bug 139164. That one should be resolved first. For this here report, I would suggest reverting the summary back to a smaller, uncontroversial fix, e.g. "If Selection is ticked in file naming dialog, it should also be ticked in PDF export settings dialog".
Ok, I had ignored the File - Export way and always just tested File - Export As - Export as PDF
What I have done time ago, it's customizing the toolbar as what's suggested in previous comment.
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