Hi Peter & All, On 02/02/2008, Peter Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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
I did the command you suggested above ( $ cat /etc/papersize ) and the reply was: a4 Does that mean that I don't need to do any further commands??? I just checked OpenOffice 2.3 Writer program and when I select Printer properties I only get to option of "Letter" paper size and no others to choose from! 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 > -- > "INX Is Not X" Live CD based on Ubuntu 7.04 : http://inx.maincontent.net > Screenshots slideshow: http://inx.maincontent.net/album/1.png.html > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > > Yours Sincerely and Confused, PEW ;-))) from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.)
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