On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 13:55 +1100, Ross Johnson wrote: > On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 01:42 +1100, Doug Laidlaw wrote: > > I am ready to give up, but will try again from the beginning. > > > > I open a document and click on Insert-> Envelope. My printer settings are > > for > > the envelope to be fed narrow end first, in the centre of the paper guide, > > as > > my LaserJet printer requires. The dialog as it stands shows an envelope 22 > > cm wide by 11 cm high in the bold type on the gray background. I choose > > "New > > Doc." That gives me a screen showing the outline of the envelope with a > > blank strip 5 cm high added at the top, and separated by a line similar to > > the lines drawing the outline. For those 5 cm the ruler in the L.H. margin > > is gray. The two together suggest that the 5 cm is a top margin. The > > cursor > > is in the top L.H. corner of the active area. As you say, the "From:" area > > is about 1 cm down from the cursor. > > > > My problem is that the envelope then prints in landscape mode narrow side > > first, but with a margin from the top of the envelope of the amount of the > > margin mentioned above. The page looks - and prints - as if it were a > > sheet > > of paper 22 cm by 16 cm, with a top margin of 5 cm, but no bottom or side > > margins. In practice, the sender address is a further 5 cm down from the > > top, and the address is somewhere near the bottom. This looks > > unprofessional, and it doesn't comply with our Post Office requirements. > > >From your description and GRS's confirmation, it's as if the margin is > being added twice. Why this doesn't show up when either printed or > exported to PDF I don't know (I see in Adobe Reader what I expect to see > - the 5cm then 1cm then sender address). > > Bugs aside, to get it working now, did you try selecting the far right > layout icon (the one with the envelope up against the right hand side of > the sheet), and adjust the "Shift down" amount to create a margin > smaller than the 5cm? Some trial and error may get it to work.
I went to the other side and ran OOo2.0.2 on Windows for another purpose. While I was there I saw what GRS saw. I also tried the other print layout options and they all seem to ignore the layout and the shift down values completely and just assume the envelope is aligned hard bottom (in landscape mode), or hard left (when facing the direction of feed). So after inserting the envelope in a new document, I tried using Format - Page to put in a bottom margin (and remove the top margin). Then I manually shifted the address frames up by a corresponding amount. That finally resulted in something that looks like it could work. The question is, is it even worth it to use Insert - Envelope. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
