[ale] OpenOffice odd printing?

Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
Thu Jul 28 17:10:18 EDT 2005


Robert L. Harris wrote:
> 
> When I open a .doc file given to me by a "Word" user the pages always
> seem about 2 inches longer which screws up pages requiring signatures,
> etc because the signature line comes out on the next printed page.  The
> same document works fine in M$ Word.
> 
> Anyone run into this and know what may be causing it?  I don't think
> it's my printing sub-system because I'm seeing the same behavior in the
> actual display OO gives in the print preview.

Sounds like there's a hard break inserted.  Try removing it by 
backspacing from the top of the section that is on the 2nd page.

Or possibly, it's setting the page length incorrectly?  Check the page 
settings.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey



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