[libreoffice-users] inserting an image from a scanner ify

I tried 'Insert / Picture / Scan / Request ...' in LibreOffice on
Ubuntu. Nothing happened.

I rebooted into Windows.
The same menu item resulted in
     1. the scanner being immediately activated,
     2. the document in the scanner being scanned, and
     3. the result being pasted into the open document in LibreOffice.
        (Full 216 mm X 279 mm (US letter size).)

I rebooted to Ubuntu.
There I found that if I:
     first go to 'Insert / Picture / Scan / Select ...',
          I get a dialogue box in which I can select a scanner, and
          set the dimensionsof the document to scan.
Whether I the set dimensionsor not I can click the 'Create Preview'
button,when I do.
     I get a error box telling me I can not create a preview though I
can scan.
     Clicking 'OK' in the error box activates the scanner and scans the
document.
However, when I click the 'OK'buttonin the 'Scanner' selection dialogue
boxeverything disappears.

I learned, by accident, that I can:
    1. Select 'Insert / Picture / Scan / Select ...',
    2. Select 'Insert / Picture / Scan / Request ...'
Which will now scan the document and past it into the open document in
LibreOffice.

The issue however, is that the default paper size is 212 mm X 276 mm.
This is neither A4 nor US letter size.

The issue worsenswhen I set the paper size to 216 mm X 279 mm (US letter
size) and the size is automatically reset to 212 mm X 276 mm thereby
cutting off all the edges when the document is scanned.

Worst still the next time I start LibreOffice writer the paper size is
reset to 212 mm X 276 mm.

How can this be corrected?

-- 
Udvarias Ur

This letter was generated and sent from Thunderbird on Ubuntu Linux.


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