Bug filed on openoffice-writer 2.3.0 problem with Landscape Printing

[Aaron Konstam]

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.
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> 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?
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