Publisher V2 export - *please* remember settings!

[Alex White]

I waste so much time because even in V2 the export dialog cannot remember the pdf export settings I have chosen. 

We've been complaining about the default to 'spreads' forever, and it is still here. 

Remembering dialog box settings wasn't rocket science 25 years ago. I'd love to record this as a bug, but I guess it is still just a mere feature request. 

 

[Alex White]

Literally I've had four failed exports in a row because I forget to recheck 'pages' instead of spreads, or I forget to recheck 'include bleeds'. 

It would be nice if you could perhaps save our own presets, so we can keep things set up the way that makes sense for us? 

[Ash]

You can create your own preset from the burger menu in the advanced section which would include your bleed setting. However that preset doesn't save the area being chosen to export (largely down to area can be your current selection, which doesn't make so much sense for a preset). That said I agree that your last setting in Area should be maintained, we'll take a look.

[ashf]

The export dialog should remember the last selected area.
This has been requested multiple times.
 

[ashf]

My idea for this:
If I'm selecting something on the document and the last selected area option was a conditional one such as the Selection Area/Only, it will be selected.
Otherwise a permanent area option such as the Whole Document or the All Spreads previously selected will be selected.
 

[Alex White]

8 hours ago, Ash said:

That said I agree that your last setting in Area should be maintained, we'll take a look.

Thanks Ash, that would be great

[Alex White]

On 11/23/2022 at 9:25 AM, Ash said:

You can create your own preset from the burger menu in the advanced section which would include your bleed setting. However that preset doesn't save the area being chosen to export (largely down to area can be your current selection, which doesn't make so much sense for a preset). That said I agree that your last setting in Area should be maintained, we'll take a look.

Hi Ash, did anything come of your investigation into this request?

[PaulEC]

Strange that the developers seem to think that if I use one set of settings now, a few minutes later I’ll want them to go back to different default settings! Doesn’t it make more sense for settings that I choose to stay the same, until I decide to change them!

[Ash]

On 6/6/2023 at 8:13 PM, Alex White said:

Hi Ash, did anything come of your investigation into this request?

Yes - in 2.1 the last selected area should now be remembered in the export dialog, are you not experiencing that?

[HCl]

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[PaulEC]

1 hour ago, Return said:

Yes, area and settings does work but when using spreads and exporting to pages, this part isn't remembered.

- and even if you create your own preset, it STILL does not remember this setting!

[Alex White]

On 6/13/2023 at 9:31 AM, Ash said:

Yes - in 2.1 the last selected area should now be remembered in the export dialog, are you not experiencing that?

Hi Ash, I'm now using 2.1.1 and as of today it seems that it is remembering the setting in the export dialog. 

Many thanks to those involved in fixing this!

[Alex White]

Is there a good way of marking this as 'answered'?

[walt.farrell]

On 6/13/2023 at 4:31 AM, Ash said:

Yes - in 2.1 the last selected area should now be remembered in the export dialog, are you not experiencing that?

I do not see that "Area: All Pages" is remembered in 2.1.1.1847, Ash.

[fde101]

On 11/23/2022 at 4:30 AM, ashf said:

This has been requested multiple times.

While I do not disagree with this specific request (to remember that setting, most likely for a particular document), I do feel a need to point out that just because something is requested multiple times, does not mean it is a good idea.  People frequently ask for things they would later come to regret, which would cause problems for someone else, or which would get in the way of even better things they may not have thought of when making the request.

[Pšenda]

On 6/21/2023 at 2:01 AM, fde101 said:

that just because something is requested multiple times ...

... or that it was requested a long time ago 🙂