On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 22:32:31 -0500, Howard Coles Jr. wrote: > On Tuesday 04 October 2005 10:06 pm, Fajar Priyanto wrote: >> On Wednesday 05 October 2005 09:59, Dale Erwin wrote: >> > Fajar Priyanto wrote: >> > > Dear all, >> > > I'm using OpenOffice 2 beta 2 with WindowsXP. I have trouble >> > > printing a Calc sheet in legal size paper in landscape layout. >> > > >> > > When I preview it in print preview, the layout is perfect. But, when >> > > I print it, the layout got cut about 1 inch on the right side. No >> > > matter what I adjust on the margin, the result is the same. >> > > >> > > Can anyone give me a direction here? >> > > Thank you, >> > >> > Sounds like you are using A4 paper with your page format set to Letter >> > size. >> >> Thanks for the response Dale, >> You mean the paper size option in menu: Format > Page? I've already >> change it into Legal from the beginning. It's very frustating, >> especially from the management point of view. My boss hase been trying >> to assure other department that OO can handle it. >> >> But, the debate whether we should roll back to MS Office is getting hot >> here. Help.... > > The problem here could be in your printer settings. Before you click the > "go ahead and print" button make sure the printer driver properties are > set for Landscape Legal size. I have printed on Legal size paper before > with OOo so I know this CAN be done. > > However, if you are opening an older M$ Word doc, you have to manually set > the margins of the page to their correct width, as sometimes they get lost > in the translation. > > also, there are strict warnings about using BETA software in production, I > would SERIOUSLY recommend OOo 1.1.5 for now, that is for the rest of the > office until you get the printing worked out. While 2.0 is an Release > Candidate it is still a beta.
Opened RFE http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=55499 to see if we can get a more rational method of doing things that is more user centric. -- Documentation Co-lead "Dinna meddle wi' things ye ken nuthin' aboot!" J.H. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
