Bruce Roorda wrote:
Stephanie Boulee wrote:
Bruce Roorda wrote:
Stephanie Boulee wrote:
OKAY, so here goes. I am attempting to print a document as a
brochure in Writer. Every time I try, though the pages are
/usually /in the right order, the margins are not maintained,
causing me to lose part of the text off the page. I have attempted
to manually set margins, use mirrored margins, use ooo's "brochure"
selection in print options, not use the "brochure" but use my
printer's equivalent, etc etc. I tried saving as a new document
and making my page size 5.5 x 8.5 (half size) and print that way
also. I used the "help" section on "Printing a Brochure" step by
step exactly and that did not work. I tried making sure my
printer's heads were aligned. I honestly DO NOT UNDERSTAND what is
causing this not to work. I have wasted approximately 50 sheets of
paper trying every setting in the universe to get this to work.
(and I've only been printing pages 1-4 until I get it to work. I
have used my printer's print preview feature many times and
canceled the print too.)
I am running Windows XP, OpenOffice.org 2.3, and I have an HP
Deskjet D1420 printer. I have tried updating the drivers for my
printer. This document was originally imported from a Rich Text
Format file, but saved as an open document (ooo) file. This
document has headings, footers, footnotes, I have added character
styles (as font colors for quotes mostly), paragraph styles, etc.
I attempted to save a new document back as RTF in hopes that I
could see if it would work in publisher, but it didn't convert
correctly and the margins/layout was not right, even when opened
back up in ooo. At least my original looks right on the screen
before I try to print.
I tried printing/editing through the page preview/print page view
(as booklet) format but that didn't work either. ONE time the
alignment looked right using this print page view function in my
printer's print preview, HOWEVER the page order was wrong. FOR
SOME REASON I am not allowed to select "brochure" in the print
menu when using the print page view, and the page view does not
have a "brochure" layout option (which doesn't seem to make sense
since 'booklet' only shows page one on it's own line. It should
show page 4 and 1 together, then 2 and 3, etc. Do you see what I
mean?) Can anyone help me? PLEASE!?????
(okay I think I will go hyperventilate and pass out now j/k)
Sincerely,
Stephanie Boulée
I print up 5.5" x 8.5" booklets and our church prints the bulletin
using the brochure printing feature. It's a bit tricky to set up.
First thing - try setting up (in OOo Writer) for a 5.5" x 8.5" page
in your document, portrait orientation. Set margins, turn on header
and footer if you intend to use them. Check the brochure option
under tools etc. etc. etc. in the main OOo Writer toolbar.
Under File|Printer Settings, make sure your printer is set up for
letter size paper in landscape mode; your document uses half-letter
pages in portrait mode while the printer uses letter sheets in
landscape mode.
If your printer has a booklet or brochure mode, make sure it is off.
Try a small document that way. If it doesn't work, post again.
Bruce Roorda
Possum Hill Farm
Okay, I tried what you suggested. I honestly didn't know I could get
to that command through the tools menu. HOWEVER, although the pages
were in the correct order, the text still spills off the page. My
margins are not maintained. It's almost as if everything is shifted
to the right so the right page spills off the edge (ie bottom of
paper). Any Suggestions? Thanks.
Stephanie Boulée
Is the text something you typed in yourself, or did you copy and paste
from another document? It almost sounds like pre-formatted text.
What happens if you don't try to print as a brochure, but just print
your document with 5.5" x 8.5" format on letter size paper?
Bruce Roorda
Possum Hill Farm
The text is not something I typed myself (see first message). I have
however changed the font, format, size, etc. When I print a single page
it is still chopped off. Looking at the preview of 4 pages, it's as if
the entire document is shifted right. (if you are looking at it how you
would read it) The left margin is bigger than it should be and the
right margin is nonexistent.
Stephanie Boulée
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