On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 08:52 -0500, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 10:25 +1100, Elsie Hemming wrote: > > Thank you for allowing me to use Open Office without cost. I have > > downloaded only the Word Processor as I have no use for the other sections > > offered. > > > > Although I am 86, I have been able to follow the instructions so far, > > except for typing and printing an envelope. The first time I managed to > > type the text for the envelope but could not print it. The second time I > > tried to type an envelope, the previous one was on the page and would not > > budge, no matter what I did. What am I doing wrong? > > > > Kind regards, Elsie Hemming > > > > God on you! Managing envelopes is a two step process. It ought not to > be so there is an RFE for getting this to a one step process and I > suspect this is what you are encountering. No worries though. Here is > a FAQ item that should guide you through this two step process and let > you do envelopes, http://tinyurl.com/o39jy > > Now, because some printers are a bit odd, one of our documentation > project members has produced a kit to help get the correct orientation > when setting up. You can get teh instruction guide and the kit from > http://tinyurl.com/g6grn > > BTW, the RFE is http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=55499 > which asks for the one-step process.
Hi Roderick, I believe that Elsie's difficulty is because the layout options in the Insert - Envelope dialog are actually broken (as you yourself verified - unless I'm imagining things). As a result, the kit etc. won't help IMO. Regards. Ross --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
