Print setup dialog [was Re: printing suggestions]

[Alexander Kirillov <kirillov math sunysb edu>]

On Mon, 2002-05-20 at 15:11, Andreas J. Guelzow wrote:

> > One quick question: the text below is result of my own observations. Can
> > developers confirm that it is accurate?
> >
> > --------------
> >  It is important to understand that Print Setup dialog sets the options
> > for printing the current workbook.
>
>
> FALSE. It contains options for printing the current sheet. (This is 
> really somewhat tricky, since in 1.0.x every sheet has its own setup but 
>   the setup of the current sheet is used for any one print job even if 
> that print job prints several sheets. (I am thinking of changing this in 
>    cvs head so that each sheet uses its own print setup since I believe 
> this to be more natural.)

Wow, this *is* tricky. I bet 99% of Gnumeric users didn't realize this.
I'll experiment to see how it works and then  add this explanation to
the manual in stable (1_4) branch. 

 As for what is the best way to deal with it in the future - it seems
like a good question to ask usability people. As a user, I can say that
I'd *expect* that the print setup applies to  the whole document unless
I ask it to be otherwise. Can we add another radiobutton  "apply to the
whole workbook (default)/apply to current sheet only"?  Or will it
confuse people even more? As I said, this is a good question to ask
usability experts.

Sasha