Bug 156339 - When text is selected, only selected text is exported
Summary: When text is selected, only selected text is exported
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 139164
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Printing and PDF export (show other bugs)
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6.4.7.2 release
Hardware: All All
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Reported: 2023-07-17 22:32 UTC by Erik Moeller
Modified: 2023-07-18 06:57 UTC (History)
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Description Erik Moeller 2023-07-17 22:32:52 UTC 
Steps to reproduce:
- Open a multipage document
- Select a word or two
- "Export to PDF"

Expected behavior:
- Multipage PDF

Actual behavior:
- A PDF that just contains the selected word or two

Notes:
- This may be intended behavior (the "Selection" radiobutton gets selected by default when any text is selected). If so, it still is a major usability trap. It is quite common to have selections active, and users rarely inspect dialogs in detail before completing a common process. I've personally hit this issue 6-7 times in half a decade or so of use.
Comment 1 Rainer Bielefeld Retired 2023-07-18 06:41:46 UTC 
Well this one is more or less a DUP of "Bug 152304 - Export as PDF only exports text selected (if text selected)", which itself is a DUP of "Bug 139164 - Always default to 'whole document' in print dialog", which has Status "NEW".

I also see this one as a DUP of Bug 139164
Comment 2 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 2023-07-18 06:57:07 UTC 
Thank you both. Yes, let's mark as a duplicate.
I'll make sure to mention PDF in the summary.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 139164 ***