Impress Issue?

In reviewing the chapter on Impress in the Getting Started, I ran
across something that looks different from earlier versions. It has to
do with the Layout properties for Handouts. If you open a presentation
in normal view, then go to the Handout tab, the Layout works as
expected. If you then go to another window, like to consult a document
of some kind, when you come back there is an error message:

"Properties for the task that you are performing are not available for
the current selection."

If you then click the Normal tab, and then back to the Handout tab,
the usual Layout properties are back again. This is happening on the
Windows 5.0.0.2 version. When I check the earlier 4.2.8.2 version in
Linux, I don't see this behavior. It feels a little like a bug, though
not a huge one. Can anyone confirm this?

If so, do I file a bug, put a note in the documentation, or ignore it?

Thanks,