On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 10:21 +0100, john loader wrote:
> When I use MS Word I put a DL envelope in the printer lengthwise
> (portrait - printer will jam if put the other way) and tell Word I'm
> using a DL envelope in Landscape and it prints fine. With Star Office
> 1.9 the only way I can do this is to set up a DL envelope in portrait,
> create a text box and then rotate that box so the text is vertical.
> Seems so long winded - any chance of it being as easy as using MS Word?
>
Try the following procedure:
1. Open OOo Writer
2. Insert Envelope
3. On the Envelope tab, enter your address info.
4. On the Format tab, set Size > Format to DL. Adjust layout to
suit.
5. On the Printer tab, Select the layout that reflects how to
feed.
6. On the same tab, you next, click on Setup. This opens a new
dialogue.
7. On the Setup dialogue, select your printer and click Properties.
8. On the Properties dialogue, select the envelope size in the
Paper size dropdown list. In your case, Envelope DL.
9. Same dialogue, select Orientation. This depends on how your
envelope feeds (see step 5) In any case, landscape means that
the text is rotated 90 degrees so that it is parallel to the
long axis of the envelope and vice versa for portrait.
10. If you have a manual feed tray, select this under Device.
11. Click OK
12. Click OK
13. Select New Doc if you only want the envelope or insert to add it
to your existing doc. I tested with New Doc.
14. In the new window, check that all is okay and click the print
icon.
Now you have an envelope.
This may seem a bit complicated but it is historical. If you would like
OOo setup to set the printer too, please vote for
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=47121
Skipping steps 6 through 12 will cause you no end of problems.
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