[libreoffice-users] Re: Creating a custom label problem

IOW, it's broken.  :-)

On 6/25/17 5:24 AM, Philip Jackson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using LO 5.1.6.2  in UbuntuStudio 16.04.2 LTS
>
> I never used to have a problem setting up labels on a custom brand of A4
> sized label sheet. But in the current version I'm using, when I come to
> setting up a custom label, the standard user sheet size is 10.00 x 10.00
> cms. Trying to reset that to A4 size (21.00cm x 29.7 cm) also gets me
> funny numbers not exactly random but either 10.00 x 10.00 or 56.00 x
> 56.00. There is no option for A4 or any other standard sheet size.
>
> After much fiddling, I got it set up by :
>
> 1. setting page dimensions to 21.00 and 29.70 by using the spinners
>
> 2. setting the label width to 7.00 by putting the cursor in the
> horizontal pitch box and spinning the number down from the default of
> 10.00 to 7.00 - this takes the label width box down in parallel
>
> 3. setting the label width to 4.20 by putting the cursor in the vertical
> pitch box and spinning the number down from the default of 10.00 to 4.20
> - this takes the label height box down in parallel
>
> 4. setting up 3 columns
> 5. setting up 7 rows
> 6. leaving left margin and top margin at the default of 0.00
>
> If I try to set columns before setting up label width, the page size
> changes to multiples of the column width - bringing the columns back
> down to 1 doesn't take the paper width back to the carefully set value.
>
> In steps 2 and 3, if I put the cursor directly in the width/height
> boxes, this did not bring down the corresponding pitch boxes but they
> could be brought down afterwards without difficulty other than the time
> it takes.
>
> Using the spinners is a bit like watching paint dry but once the cursor
> is in the field, you can use the up / down arrows instead of the mouse.
> Don't try a short cut of page up/ page down because that just resets the
> page to 10.00 x 10.00 or 56.00 x 56.00
>
> I was able to set my label user values like this and to save them
> successfully.
>
> Philip
>
> On 21/06/17 18:28, Ken Springer wrote:
> > LO 5.2.7.2
> >
> > I cannot find a way to create a label on 8.5 X 11 page labels, where the
> > label height is .67".  The sheet of labels is 15 rows by 4 columns.
> >
> > Such a template would be compatible with the following Avery labels:
> > 18195, 42895, 5155, 5195, 8195, 15695, 18695, 88695, 48335, 38667,
> > 42995, 18294
> >
> > Adding to this difficulty is the fact that when you try to type into the
> > input fields, apparently random numbers simply appear.
> >
> > Known problem?


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