Thanks for your comments: On 12 Nov 2007 at 13:35, Giuseppe Castagno wrote: ... > > However, I've just found I also need to do a 'booklet' conversion as > > well - A5 pages, printed 2-up on A4, and the pages correctly ordered. > > Now, this is an option that seems to exist, interactively, only under > > the 'print' menu, not on 'export as pdf'. So: > > 1) is this available at all for pdf conversion? > > 2) if so, how do I use it from within OOo basic? > > currently PDF export filter doesn't take into account the printer > settings. > > There is an open issue for that [1], you may want to vote for it.
Done. I've added a note too about the brochure-to-pdf aspect. > > 3) where on earth do I look for a how-to-do-it? api.openoffice.org > > doesn't seem to have much in the way of introductory material. > > if you need information on how to use the current available PDF export > configuration properties, may be the mail thread here [2] can help you. That's certainly of interest to see how these things work. But if the pdf export stuff doesn't honour print settings anyway, it's not going to be of immediate help. > > A better mail list to ask for this kind of information would be > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'll lurk there for a bit, see what's happening. Thanks again. -- various incoming sites blocked because of spam; see http://www.scottsonline.org.uk for a list and openpgp crypto key (key fingerprint 2ACC 9F21 5103 F68C 7C32 9EA8 C949 81E1 31C9 1364) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike Scott, Harlow, Essex, England --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
