Roderick,
On Sun, 2006-08-13 at 08:59 -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > On Sun, 2006-08-13 at 17:20 +1000, Philip Rhoades wrote: > > People, > > > > I did not get a response to this so I am reposting in the hope that > > someone with a fix will see the post this time . . > > > > Thanks, > > > > Phil. > > > > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > > From: Philip Rhoades <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: SO7 -> OOo1.1/2.0 different table row heights? > > Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 16:36:41 +1000 > > People, > > > > I have a large number of SO7 sxw files that are templates for a command > > line, mail merge operation (I manually unzip the sxw file, do global > > replacements, rezip the file and send the result to the printer). > > > > I want to move the setup from SO7 to OOo1.1 (the OOo2 rpm is not > > available for the PPC) but the files look/print differently in the two > > systems eg when I do the following in SO7: > > > > - Open a new A4 doc > > - Set all margins to 2cm > > - Insert a table, using Courier 12 pt, and increase the number of rows > > to fill the page (in this case 39 rows) > > - Save the doc, open it in OOo1.1 (or OOo2 on another machine) and I > > find the table only fits 37 lines on the page with the table overflowing > > to the next page . . > > > > It appears that the padding above and below the the 12 pt font of the > > cell texts is different in the two environments? - if I force the the > > OOo1.1 row heights back to 0.65 it is almost back to how it looked in > > SO7. Is there some checkbox or something in OO1.1/OO2 that will allow > > the file to look exactly like it did in SO7? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Phil. > > Ensure that all your system use EXACTLY the same fonts. Best way is File > Wizard > Install fonts from the web I used Courier 12pt - surely that is standard? I can't install fonts to the production (SO7) machine in case it upsets printing for 120 people . . unless I can do it for just one user (me)? I can't see a Wizard font install for SO7. I will try a full SO7 install instead of a workstation install - which does not seem to install fonts for an individual user. > There may be small differences that are affecting you. Also ensure your > styles are EXACTLY the same on both systems. Although I used Courier 12pt to create the test doc and the WHOLE doc consisted of ONE table - I looked at the default font for table headings and content on SO7 and it was Thorndale 12pt - which doesn't exist on the default OO1.1/2.0 setup. I changed the original doc on SO7 so the DEFAULT table heading/contents font was also Courier 12pt (as well as being the ACTUAL font), saved the file and then opened that file in OO1.1/2.0 but I got the same problem - the row heights are marginally increased in the table and it no longer fits on one page. I can work out what the row heights are from the unzipped sxw files and manually change the odt files but that is pretty tedious . . Thanks, Phil. -- Philip Rhoades Pricom Pty Limited (ACN 003 252 275 ABN 91 003 252 275) GPO Box 3411 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Mobile: +61:0411-185-652 Fax: +61:2:8923-5363 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
