Description: This is about Impress. I'm just starting with an analogy with Calc to call for consistency. When working in Calc, if you want to export as CSV file you get an appropriate message warning that you are exporting only the current sheet, not the entire workbook. You export from the FILE menu, no the SHEET menu, and then you get the correct warning. Impress should probably do that as well. Imagine you want to export as SVG, or EPS, etc.: what you export is not the whole presentation, you export only the current SLIDE. BUT... you select "Export" in the FILE menu, not the SLIDE menu. And you don't get any warning. Ideally: - FILE should export/save the FILE (which is the ODP file, i.e. the whole presentation). - SLIDE should have the option to export single SLIDES. In reality you should: Either - get a warning message ("Be aware that you are going to export only the current slide") or - you can go to File-Export and then select which slides (or range, like when printing) you want to export. Steps to Reproduce: It's al in the description Actual Results: . Expected Results: . Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: Yes Additional Info: .
Also remember that Impress can, in theory at least, export with formats that support animations (such as GIF and SVG). Therefore is not crazy to expect that the FILE-EXPORT will export the whole presentation as a single animated GIF for example. Instead, what you are doing is exporting a single slide (if the single slide GIF will reflect the animations contained in the slide is something I can not tell right now, but that is another issue).
Export is different from Save As, in that the file formats in Save As list are considered "import/export" (i.e., the program is supposed to be used as a kind of "editor" for them; it is possible to open such a file, work with it, and just press "Save" button, and expect that your work is saved - where the CSV's single-sheet nature is a huge difference and danger, even comparing to other external formats). Export file formats are "export-only" - i.e., you can't open such a file, and just press "Save" to store your work. The export will not mark your document unmodified; you will still be asked to save your work, if you try to close a modified document after export. I see no reason to implement this.