Bug filed on openoffice-writer 2.3.0 problem with Landscape Printing

[Craig White]

On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 16:13 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 14:08 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> > On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 16:01 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 13:52 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 15:29 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 17:13 +0200, Jonathan Dieter wrote:
> > > > > > On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 10:07 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > > > > > > For whoever is interested I files a bugzilla on the defect in
> > > > > > > openoffice.org-writer-2.3.0-6.4.fc7 inability to be put into Landscape
> > > > > > > mode through File->Printer Setting->Properties
> > > > > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=363951
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Sorry, I've missed this thread, but aren't you supposed to go to Format,
> > > > > > Page, Landscape?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > If I'm missing something, I apologize for the noise.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > Well "supposed to" is the key phrase. Anyone who has used MS Word know
> > > > > the you go to File->Printer Setup to do this also. Sure enough in
> > > > > Openoffice-write you can go to File-> Printer Setup and under Properties
> > > > > you find that you can choose Portrait and Landscape as options but it
> > > > > does not work.
> > > > > Therefore the bugzilla.
> > > > ----
> > > > I haven't seen it stated yet but there are print options that don't
> > > > consider page options and so I would think that it is a distinct
> > > > advantage to have the 'Format => Page' options separate from the 'Print
> > > > => Properties'
> > > > 
> > > > For example...
> > > > 
> > > > If you want to print 4 page up on a single sheet of paper...you might
> > > > choose US Letter size in Landscape mode in Format => Page but choose to
> > > > print 4 of those per page in Landscape mode on Ledger size paper.
> > > > 
> > > > Craig
> > > > 
> > > I am sorry but what you are saying makes no sense. How exactly would you
> > > do what you are suggesting. How do you get OOwrite tp print anything 4
> > > per page in Landscape mode on Ledger paper?
> > ----
> > of course it doesn't make sense to you - that's why you filed the
> > bugzilla.
> > 
> > I suppose that if you have any curiosity, you'll figure it out and close
> > your bugzilla entry.
> > Craig
> Or you could stop being snippy and explain it to me. Just imagine if the answer to every
> question of the Fedora List was "if you have any curiosity, you'll
> figure it out"
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I think I gave you the recipe above - rather than test it out, you post
again. It wasn't intended to snippy beyond the obvious thought that you
could at least try it on your own.

In consideration that you don't understand the difference between page
layout and document format consider a 'Presentation' document with 20
slides. In your view, each slide would necessarily have to be on
separate pages.

If you choose 'Format => Page => US Letter / Landscape' and then in
Print => Properties choose to print 4 per page in Landscape mode, you
get 5 pages with 4 slides per page.

Craig