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>
> My point is also that even if a print range is defined, an application does
> not always follow it. If the user makes an explicit selection in the
> spreadsheet UI, then that is the range printed, regardless of what is stored
> in the document that was loaded.
Then the user gets what he/she wants (which is right IMO)
Which you could define as being 'the value to be stored'?
I.e. the range is 'the latest' value selected for printing?
>
> So we should say what table:printrange actually is in practice, which is a
> hint or preference.
Or the default to be printed. Don't need to say any more.
It would not be incorrect for an application to
> override or ignore this hint, since it may have more recent information,
> such as a user selection.
We're writing a standard Rob.
If the default is ignored it's a simple non-compliance.
>
> So all we can really say is "table:printrange stores the last specified
> print range for this sheet. "
Not as I've suggested.
>
> Applications that want to do something with the last specified print range
> are free to use this value for that purpose.
Only in a 'do as you please scenario'.
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