[libreoffice-users] Re: How do I install the current Linux version

On 10/30/16 2:16 PM, Girvin Herr wrote:
> On 10/30/2016 10:56 AM, Ken Springer wrote:
> > On 10/29/16 8:04 PM, Girvin Herr wrote:
> > > On 10/29/2016 06:52 PM, gordon cooper wrote:
> > > > Hi again Ken,
> > > >                        There is some odd going on here. I don't use LO
> > > > very
> > > > often, most of my writing is done with Lyx, which then outputs as a
> > > > PDF and I print from there.  Have just looked at LO and found that
> > > > when it was asked to print, to either my little  Brother laser,or an
> > > > elderly HP Deskjet, the landscape paper option was greyed out,
> > > > just like yours.  These results came on a desktop, running MX-15
> > > > Linux.  Looked as if LO was deciding that the files would fit onto
> > > > portrait and not giving me the option to change.
> > > >
> > > > I'll do some more digging. Think I have LO on a laptop with XP,
> > > > will dig it out .Perhaps somebody else will pop upon the forum
> > > > with an answer.
> > > >
> > > > Gordon
> > > This was brought out in an earlier thread.  Go to Print -> options tab
> > > and check "Use only paper size from printer preferences."
> > >
> > > That should enable paper sizes and orientation selection in the print
> > > dialog.
> >
> > It does not.  :-(
> >
> > However, I discovered I can go to the printer's defaults, and set
> > landscape there, choose the "Use only..." setting in LO, and I get the
> > landscape layout when the spreadsheet is printed.
> >
> > What I'm taking away from this is, it is a problem with LO 5.0.x that
> > comes with Mint 17.3 Rosa.
> >
> > So I still need to go somewhere to find out how I install the current
> > version after I have it downloaded.
> >
> > Thanks for the help and suggestions, everyone.
> Yes, you must select landscape in LO (Format -> Page)  to format the
> document/page and you must select landscape in the print dialog to
> select the printer paper size/orientation.  If you don't then you get
> the symptoms you described in your OP.  This is not a bug.  It makes
> good sense.

Agreed.  Only problem is, it doesn't work for me at the moment with the 
default LO in Mint 17.3  :-(

> The grayed out paper size/orientation in the print dialog I responded
> to, is a separate issue brought up by Gordon and seemed to have started
> with LO 5.x.  Don't know about 4.x.  LO 3.x did not exhibit this
> "feature" AFAIK.  OpenOffice 4.x does not exhibit this either, but then
> it is a different beast now.
> Girvin


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