Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with "Export as PDF"

Thanks Brian and thanks to everyone else who gave advice. Changing the name
of the config folder did the trick. It now works as it should. I appreciate
the help.


On 16 July 2014 22:42, Pat Brown <mistyhaven@gmail.com> wrote:

> Where do I find the User Config folder on a Windows machine? Just for
> interest, I thought I would try carrying out a new installation, which I
> did after downloading version 4.2.5.2, but I am still having the same issue
>
>
> On 16 July 2014 14:43, Kracked_P_P---webmaster <webmaster@krackedpress.com
> > wrote:
>
> > Till we can figure out your issue, you might want to try an external
> > program to create the PDF file.
> >
> > For Windows, I use doPDF - which is free.  I have used it from XP, Vista,
> > and Win7 systems.  I have been using it for all of the other packages that
> > I need a PDF printout instead of a paper one. Once installed, it will show
> > up as a printer, so you will "print to PDF" instead of exporting.
> >
> > The "range option" makes me thing Calc instead of Writer.  But like a
> > printer, if you can print a "range" of pages to the printer, you can do the
> > same to doPDF, since it acts like a printer, but the output is to a file
> > and not paper.
> >
> > I also wonder if something was corrupted in your user config files.  That
> > can happen, and has for me on both Windows and Ubuntu/Linux, mostly for
> > printer issues before 4.1.x came out.  If so, it might be fixed by renaming
> > [while LO is closed] the user config folder and then let LO recreate it
> > when you open LO.  This is what you need to do for a clean install of LO,
> > since it "clears out" the user profile and associated data.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 07/15/2014 09:06 PM, Tim Lloyd wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have tried this on windows (XP) and linux (Fedora) and I can not
> > > reproduce it. A couple of basic questions:
> > >
> > > I am assuming you are talking about a writer document?
> > > is the document odf, doc, docx?
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > On 16/07/14 09:51, Pat Brown wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >     I have not tried this previously but wish to do so now. My problem
> > > > is
> > > > that I want to export a selection of text in the main document but when
> > > > I
> > > > select "Export as PDF" the 'Range' option is greyed out. I cannot select
> > > > anything and the default is 'All'. Is there a setting somewhere that I
> > > > am
> > > > missing? I am using LO version 4.2.4.2 in Windows 7.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Paddy
> >
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