On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 01:26 +1100, Ross Johnson wrote: > 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. >
Ah yes. THis is also a possibility. I had forgotten since I do not have the problem even though I helped to identify the issue. CC'ing Elsie, just in case. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
