I think that the problem is that the template shows a fixed height of 16 cm while the envelope itself has a height of 11 cm, excluding the flap.
The kit you mentioned was a help, but it tells me that my envelope needs to be rotated 180 degrees when it doesn't. The orientation is correct as it is. I created a template from scratch with a height of only 11 cm, and it was exactly the same. Because I am using a laser printer, the printer margin cannot be zero. The only solution I can find is to print the envelope with the flap open and with a piece of of paper inserted to make the envelope the size that OO wants it to be. A distinct problem is that the envelope template opens with the last address printed on it, not the address from the corresponding letter, as Word does. So far, I have been keeping Word just to print envelopes, but that is no longer an option. I am using windowed envelopes whenever possible, but that is a workaround, not a fix. The envelope I am first prompted to use is C6, which I don't like, but perhaps it is better supported. Doug. On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 01:22 pm, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > On Sun, 2006-03-12 at 10:29 +1100, Doug Laidlaw wrote: > > There is no image. It just occurred to me that what I have described as > > the strip along the top was the page's top margin. I can reduce that > > with the Format -> Page menu. The problem is, that the text boxes don't > > move up with the margin, i.e. the space occupied by the margin moves to a > > spot between the top edge and the return address box. If by way of > > contrast I create an envelope to be printed the way it looks (what would > > be "landscape" view) the "New Doc" button gives me a graphic with no > > margins. I do have a printer that will print like that, but the sheet > > feeder in my default printer won't open wide enough. As soon as I change > > the printer setting to what I need, the graphic disappears and I have the > > sheet-of-paper view. Why doesn't the template I want look like the > > others? > > Hmm. I cannot visualize the problem. However I do suggest that you try > using the kit from the doc project to see if you can sort out what > exactly is the problem. See > http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/word_processing/envelope.zip > You can review the text on-line here as well. Perhaps this will help. > > > I am doing this under Mandriva Linux with Mandriva's package. The > > problem may be there. On the other hand, in Windows 98 SE, using a > > download of OO 2.02 for Windows, the box to type the address won't open > > up. I can't type in it, the address from the letter isn't automatically > > transferred, and I can't drag the box open to make room to type in it - > > it springs shut again as soon as I release the mouse. > > > > Doug. > > > > On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 03:00 am, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > > Shift the image not working? If you have a strip I would guess that > > > using the shift spin would fix the problem. Remember, we cannot see > > > what you see so if this is not the solution you will have to be more > > > graphic in you description. > > > > > > On Sun, 2006-03-12 at 02:22 +1100, Doug Laidlaw wrote: > > > > I didn't make myself clear. > > > > > > > > The template for inserting the envelope in the normal horizontal > > > > position is the same size as the envelope with the flap closed. The > > > > template for feeding the envelope in the printer end first has a wide > > > > strip along the top above the outline of the envelope. I would > > > > prefer to insert the envelope with the flap closed, and remove that > > > > strip from the template. If it can't be removed completely, i would > > > > like to reduce it to the correct width. But I can't find a separate > > > > template to edit. It may be an integral part of the program. Would I > > > > be better advised to ignore it and create my own? > > > > > > > > Doug. > > > > > > > > On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 02:10 am, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 2006-03-12 at 01:46 +1100, Doug Laidlaw wrote: > > > > > > I am using DL pocket-style envelopes. I am running a printer > > > > > > with landscape feed, centrally aligned. > > > > > > > > > > > > The standard format for envelopes in this situation is to have > > > > > > the flap open. The flap in the OO template is about twice as > > > > > > deep as mine, from the crease to the edge. How can I adjust > > > > > > this? > > > > > > > > > > Flap open? > > > > > /\ > > > > > / \ > > > > > > > > > > ------- > > > > > > > > > > Like the above? Then I suggest you close the flap. Most printers > > > > > prefer this presentation as the flap is not rectangular and often > > > > > skews. -- If we do not believe in freedom of speech for those we despise we do not believe in it at all. - Noam Chomsky --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
