Anita, In that case I can only suggest that you try different browsers. I just tried with Firefox, Safari, and Chrome: All worked to the extent that no lines were split, but Firefox and Safari made slightly nicer PDFs having a header with the file name and a footer with the page number.
Regards, John Ralls > On Oct 4, 2020, at 10:02 AM, Anita Graves <anitagra...@mac.com> wrote: > > John, thanks again for your help. I have done that and saved it from the > print program as a pdf. However, still the same problem - lines are cut in > half. It doesn’t seem to matter what I do, the problem persists. > > Anita > >> On 4 Oct 2020, at 6:54 PM, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: >> >> Anita, >> >> Please remember to copy the list on all replies. >> >> The MacOS build of GnuCash uses the same antique version of WebKit as does >> the Windows build, but for a different reason: Newer versions of WebKit >> haven't been able to render charts when bundled into GnuCash. The MacPorts >> folks think that the latest version has fixed that and I'm working on >> getting it to build now. We'll see. In the meantime the workaround applies >> to macOS as well as Windows. >> >> Yes, by "disk" I mean hard disk. To export a report, click the Export button >> in the toolbar and use the chooser dialog to put the report somewhere >> convenient, then double-click on the exported file in Finder. That should >> open it in your browser, where you can use command-P to open the print >> dialog and the PDF drop down there to save it as a PDF. >> >> Regards, >> John Ralls >> >> >>> On Oct 4, 2020, at 8:35 AM, Anita Graves <anitagra...@mac.com> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks, John! >>> >>> However, I don’t use Microsoft Windows. I use a Mac and not a PC. Could >>> you please address that fact in order to help me further. I am not sure >>> what WebKit has to do with a Mac, and I don’t understand what you mean by >>> exporting the report to disk - do you mean my hard drive? When I create >>> reports in Gnucash, I format them right away in a pdf file. What do you >>> suggest? >>> >>> Thanks so much for your continued help, >>> Anita >>> >>>> On 4 Oct 2020, at 6:29 PM, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Oct 3, 2020, at 8:57 AM, Anita Graves via gnucash-user >>>>> <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello Gnucash people, >>>>> >>>>> I need to know how to program Gnucash so that the printer doesn’t cut >>>>> lines in half. I use A4 size paper and don’t know where in Gnucash one >>>>> can set margins. Is Gnucash programmed only for letter size paper? My >>>>> documents and pdfs all cut the lines in half at the end of a page and I >>>>> have tried many things to fix it. >>>>> >>>>> Thank you for your help! >>>> >>>> Unfortunately no, it doesn't matter what paper size one uses. It has to do >>>> with WebKit: The last version that supports Microsoft Windows does a poor >>>> job of formatting into PDFs (or printing for that matter). The best I can >>>> suggest is that you export the report to disk and use your regular browser >>>> to convert it to PDF. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> John Ralls >>>> >>> >> > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
