Bug 162361 - Clarify UI strings with regard to collation
Summary: Clarify UI strings with regard to collation
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: UI (show other bugs)
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Hardware: All All
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Blocks: Print-Dialog
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Reported: 2024-08-05 18:56 UTC by Tuomas Hietala
Modified: 2024-11-26 18:47 UTC (History)
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Description Tuomas Hietala 2024-08-05 18:56:58 UTC
Description:
On the print dialog, there's an extended tip describing collation:
"Preserves the page order of the original document."

The phrasing here is somewhat confusing, because printing does not alter the page order of the original document in any case (and the order of the printed pages can anyway be reversed by checking a checkbox). A better formulation, which explains the idea of collation, would be something more like this:
"When printing multiple copies, sort the printed sheets sequentially for each copy."

Cf. Wiktionary: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/collate#English
"(transitive) To sort multiple copies of printed documents into sequences of individual page order, one sequence for each copy, especially before binding"

There's also a UI string that reads "Create separate print jobs for collated output". This would be better phrased as "Create a separate print job for each collated copy".


Steps to Reproduce:
1. See https://translations.documentfoundation.org/translate/libo_ui-master/vclmessages/en/?checksum=984f1d647ec995d9 and https://translations.documentfoundation.org/translate/libo_ui-master/vclmessages/en/?checksum=c34adda6cd11f286


Actual Results:
The UI strings are confusing.

Expected Results:
The UI strings explain collation better.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

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Comment 1 BogdanB 2024-11-26 18:42:41 UTC
How about: "Sort pages in order for every printed copy".

Olivier, what do you think?