On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 11:37 +1100, Doug Laidlaw wrote: > 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.
Doug, are you sure you're in Page view and not Web view? What you're describing sounds awfully like what I see in Web view. Otherwise I can't work out where you're getting this 16cm height from. > 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. Using the default DL template, the text printed on the envelope is set at least 1cm in from the physical edge of the envelope, so it should print OK. Where is this zero margin? Unfortunately I can't verify that what I see is what is printed, I can only check what I think OOo will print by printing to a PDF file on my system and viewing the result in Adobe reader. > > 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. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
