On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 12:02:14 +1100
pew_from_hobart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I was using OpenOffice.org 2.3's Writer program and when I select printer
> properties the only paper size selectable is "Letter". As I said, I need to
> use the metric size of "A4". 

Check what appears in /etc/papersize . For example here:

$ cat /etc/papersize 
a4

If your output from "cat /etc/papersize" in a terminal doesn't look like
that, edit it so that it does :) For example, by running

gksudo gedit /etc/papersize

Or the quick way:

echo "a4" | sudo tee /etc/papersize

That last command will put the right content in the file, and print "a4" in
your terminal at the same time for confirmation ...

See " tee --help " ( and/or "man tee" of course )


Peter
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