BUG REPORT: prints, but doesn't display, suppressed 1st page H/F's

[Ed Bennett]

Mary/Rob/Ed/GbH: if no one believes users' bug reports, they never get
tested, and the bugs remain. Sure there's 95% user error, but what's
beta-testing for, anyway?

Just to clarify, I wasn't saying that I was happy with the situation. I
think it's probably more like 99+% user error, though.

 

[Andy Smith]

Anyone who wants to see the *BUG* can simply follow my October2 posting.
Don't change the file, as Mary Sauer did, just follow the steps I wrote.
It's 100% reproducible, and it's not WYSIWYG -- the normal display differs
from the print preview and printout. Not WYSIWYG equals *BUG*.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Did it ever occur to you that you are setting up your publication incorrectly? I
cannot duplicate your so-called bug.
I did not change your document, I had to re-setup the publication as a booklet.
It downloaded to me as four separate pages.

 

[Andy Smith]

I trust you downloaded the PUB file, not the PDF...

I began with a blank publication and set it up as a booklet with letter-size
paper in landscape orientation. It asked me to insert pages, I said yes, and
it ended up four pages, with 2 and 3 facing.

I went to the master page, a two-pager, and then went to View / Header and
Footer. In each header I typed "<tab>Dancing Fairies", in the left footer I
clicked the H/F toolbar's page-number tool, and in the right footer I typed
two tabs and then clicked that tool.

In the page sorter I left-clicked page 1, and I saw header and footer. Then
I right-clicked page 1, chose Insert Section, cleared the "Show H/F's on 1st
page" checkbox and clicked OK. The H/F disappeared.

I did the same on page 4, where the H/F also appeared, and I also checked
"Begin a new section". The H/F disappeared afterward.

I then added the text boxes and bitmap objects, but they're irrelevant.

Finally I did Print Preview: the H/Fs were on all four pages. I went back
to normal, checked pages 1 and 4, and they were not there.

That's not WYSIWYG. That's a *BUG*. There are my steps. Prove me wrong.

 

[Mary Sauer]

I trust you downloaded the PUB file, not the PDF...
Please give me some credit...

Okay, Andy, I followed your directions to the letter. I see what you see. But it
is only two clicks to correct the print and preview.

I wonder if that is part of the setup, ignoring the Master page.

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Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

I trust you downloaded the PUB file, not the PDF...

I began with a blank publication and set it up as a booklet with letter-size
paper in landscape orientation. It asked me to insert pages, I said yes, and
it ended up four pages, with 2 and 3 facing.

I went to the master page, a two-pager, and then went to View / Header and
Footer. In each header I typed "<tab>Dancing Fairies", in the left footer I
clicked the H/F toolbar's page-number tool, and in the right footer I typed
two tabs and then clicked that tool.

In the page sorter I left-clicked page 1, and I saw header and footer. Then
I right-clicked page 1, chose Insert Section, cleared the "Show H/F's on 1st
page" checkbox and clicked OK. The H/F disappeared.

I did the same on page 4, where the H/F also appeared, and I also checked
"Begin a new section". The H/F disappeared afterward.

I then added the text boxes and bitmap objects, but they're irrelevant.

Finally I did Print Preview: the H/Fs were on all four pages. I went back
to normal, checked pages 1 and 4, and they were not there.

That's not WYSIWYG. That's a *BUG*. There are my steps. Prove me wrong.

 

[Andy Smith]

OK, you've admitted that I've found a genuine bug in Publisher, and that's a
huge step. So let's keep it civil, and let me reiterate my point:

- I know how to fix the bug for my one publication. That's not important.

- I'm asking that you fix Publisher for everyone else's publications.
That's important.

Tell you what: I've rated your post admitting "I see what you see" with a
Yes, so would do the same to mine, the one before it with the steps you
followed to see what I see? Then others can find both our posts and clearly
see that I've found a bug and you've confirmed it.

Also, I've tried Emailing Rob Giordano, because I still can't find either
report I put up on the feedback site for Publisher 2007. Nevertheless I'm
going to take the steps you just followed and submit a third report.
Meanwhile, can you please see if the bug exists in 2007 and perhaps tell him
about it somehow? Publisher users everywhere would appreciate that very much.

 

[Derek Marshall]

OK, you've admitted that I've found a genuine bug in Publisher, and that's a
huge step. So let's keep it civil, and let me reiterate my point:

- I know how to fix the bug for my one publication. That's not important.

- I'm asking that you fix Publisher for everyone else's publications.
That's important.

Tell you what: I've rated your post admitting "I see what you see" with a
Yes, so would do the same to mine, the one before it with the steps you
followed to see what I see? Then others can find both our posts and clearly
see that I've found a bug and you've confirmed it.

Also, I've tried Emailing Rob Giordano, because I still can't find either
report I put up on the feedback site for Publisher 2007. Nevertheless I'm
going to take the steps you just followed and submit a third report.
Meanwhile, can you please see if the bug exists in 2007 and perhaps tell him
about it somehow? Publisher users everywhere would appreciate that very much.

 

[Mary Sauer]

I cannot understand why this post is appearing. These messages are dated late
October, early November of last year. I still have his "Dancing Fairies"
booklet.

 

[Rob Giordano [MS MVP]]

especially this obnoxious one

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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression Web