On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 02:57 +0200, Conrad Newton wrote:
> >From G. Roderick Singleton on Thursday, 2005-06-16 at 16:35:30 -0400:
> > On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 17:00 +0200, Conrad Newton wrote:
> > > We have been using Debian's OOo 1.1.3-9 to contruct a yearbook,
> > > and now it is time to convert it to pdf.
> > >
> > > In doing so, we have uncovered a peculiar problem - at first I thought
> > > the export function was broken, but on closer inspection, the problem
> > > appears to be much more complicated.
> > >
> > > On one machine, machine A, the export function hangs and will not create
> > > a pdf. "Print to file" eventually finishes, but creates a file of
> > > length zero.
> > >
> > > On machine B, I can export to pdf, and the result looks as it should.
> > > The peculiar thing is, I have used the same file on machine A and
> > > machine B, and the same version of OOo.
> > >
> > > The only visible difference is that on machine A the text has a colored
> > > background, which, as I understand it (I did not make this document) was
> > > created by tiling the background with a custom-made .png with a shade of
> > > pastel -- not some complicated design, just an ordinary color.
> > > Apparently this png is missing on machine B? But thanks to this
> > > difference, export to pdf succeeds.
> >
> > I have a question. Why not use OOo to create the pastel shade you want
> > and add it to the palette? the png has a size and is included on each
> > page thus making the document larger for no purpose. This in turn could
> > mean you are running out of memory (virtual or real) which just might
> > cause the problem you are seeing.
> >
> > Open the png in draw and see if you can get the colour stats and then
> > add the colour to the palette via Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org >
> > Colors. May make all the difference.
>
> OK, this was an interesting suggestion. But now my ignorance of OOo
> is starting to show. I attempt to replace the background image
> by a background color of the same shade, but everywhere I look there
> are small gaps in the text with slightly different color.
>
> How do I make the color background uniform? Why are there small gaps
> in the text where I cannot even place the cursor? OOo is weird!
>
Quite frankly I have no idea what you are doing. So let me suggest the
following:
1. Click somewhere on one of the pages that are supposed to be
coloured.
2. Format > Page > Background or Right-click to open the context
menu and select Page then Background.
3. Select the colour.
4. Click OK
You can find the above in the user guide in the Calc section on page
202. I guess it should also be repeated in the Writer section. We will
see.
Try it there should be no gaps except for margins. If you want coloured
pages and the printer will not give you paper of the right tint you may
have to create a page style to colour the entire page.
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