https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75218
Priority: medium
Bug ID: 75218
Assignee: [email protected]
Summary: Letter Wizard produces document with wrong page layout
and other layout errors
Severity: normal
Classification: Unclassified
OS: All
Reporter: [email protected]
Hardware: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Version: 4.2.0.4 release
Component: Writer
Product: LibreOffice
Created attachment 94370
--> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=94370&action=edit
Letter produced from the wizard, showing the problems
IMPORTANT: Bug is reproducible only if a German installation of LibreOffice is
used.
If the letter wizard is used to create a letter the resulting document contains
several big errors which make the document itself unusable. Here's what
happens:
The page layout is set to Letter, which is fine in the USA but I am in Germany,
which is in Europe and we use the metric system. We have a paper format called
DIN A4, which all our printers use. Really. I'm writing this in such a way,
because: I have reported this very same problem two years ago already and
nothing -- in a word: n*o*t*h*i*n*g -- has changed. In fact it got even worse:
Now the position of the postcode is completely wrong. Here in Germany we put
the postcode *in front* of the name of the city. Yes, I can move that around,
but the wizard should have done it in the first place.
The correctness of the paper format is very important for two reasons: Letter
format can be printed to A4 but it looks bad and even if I change the page
format after the fact, the folding marks are at the wrong position and
therefore useless.
The correct placement of the postcode is also important, because we here do it
that way and if it's wrong then who knows what happens. It's just inconvenient
and needs fixing. Otherwise I don't really see the point in a wizard.
Oh, and another thing: Don't default the document font to "Thorndale" or
anything Microsoft specific. Why do you do that? LibreOffice comes with its own
fonts. So, why on earth are you not using these? I don't get that at all.
You can see that in the attachment. Like I said: I reported that two years ago.
Unfortunately I can't find my old bug report for the life of me. So, in case
you want an office suite which can fight with the class-leading ones then you
really need to fix that stupid bug. It can't be difficult, can it?!
Before anyone asks: yes, I did a fresh install of LibreOffice 4.2.0.4 on both
Ubuntu 12.04 64bit and Windows 7 64bit. I deleted the old profiles and had
LibreOffice create new ones (a major pain in the ass, because all my
customization is now gone). Keep in mind that I am a German and that I am using
German setups throughout. Not everywhere in the world is the USA ... thank you.
Thank you and sorry for being sarcastic. I'm just fed up with this stupid bug.
I was expecting it to be fixed in the 4.2.x.x releases, but no ... hugely
disappointed.
Thank you
Fabian
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