On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 04:43 pm, Ross Johnson wrote: > 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]
I can't see that it is worth it. As for the problem not being there in 1.5, in my experience it was. I tried the BubbleJet just to get an envelope. It printed the From: address, but omitted the To: address entirely. At present I am using the Laser with a sheet of paper inserted in the envelope to move evreything to the right place. The From: address is right on the LH edge of the envelope, notwithstanding how it appears on the screen. Using labels, the address starts right on the edge of the label. I was prompted to save my envelope. It should be possible to create it as a template of my own, but still without automatic copying of the address. Doug. -- "Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you." - Elbert Hubbard --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
