On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 18:57 +0100, Andy Pepperdine wrote: > On Wednesday 28 June 2006 17:44, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 11:46 -0500, Dennis J. Tuchler wrote: > > > Inge Svensson wrote: > > > > Dennis J. Tuchler skrev: > > > >> How do I get my OpenOffice Writer to print landscape? I take it there > > > >> is more to be done than simply change the printing parameters in the > > > >> OOo Print menu. When I change the parameter from portrait to > > > >> landscape, I get a portrait printing from my printer. > > > >> > > > >> djtuchler > > > > > > > > Hi. > > > > Format/Page.../Tab Page/Adjustment - Landscape (Translated from > > > > Swedish) Inge Svensson > > > > > > Thanks. I'll try it. So, what does the print setup > Properties > > > > Orientation do? Seems superfluous. > > > > I agree. Please vote for > > http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=47121 > > That issue is muddled, and I couldn't figure out what it was proposing. > It seems to me that there are two different things here. The Format/Page > property defines what direction normal English text appears on the page. > But the printer properties define the direction that the paper will be fed > into the printer. Printers which accept only one direction will ignore this > setting (I think). > > What is the OP trying to do? Arrange the text to read left to right when the > paper has the long side at the top, or is he trying to feed the paper into > the printer long side first?
Okay. You like to set printer options twice. I do not. If you think the RFE can be made clearer, please update it. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/
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