Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Letter page format size prints portrait pages as landscape on OS X

On 07/30/2017 10:10 AM, jonathon wrote:
> On 29 July 2017 10:04:21 AM GMT-07:00, Tim-L wrote:
>
> > I use to know a guy in Canada and he stated they use the metric system and he used A4 paper [8.27" by 
> > 11.69"
> > > In Canada our standard is letter (8.5" x 11"), legal (8.5" x 14"),  tabloid
> Officially, Canada uses A, B etc sizes. Unofficially it uses letter etc. As a practical matter, 
> people use whatever the local stationary store offers, which appears to depend upon locale.
>
> jonathon

That clears it up.  I once had to make and print A4 size documents.  I 
am glad that Canada also uses letter size sheets.  It saves me from 
having to stock A4 again.

The Office and/or paper supply stores charge a high premium to purchase 
A4 paper.  I buy a ream of Letter size for under $4 at my grocery store, 
but the online site I buy 90% of my paper has A4 paper for $11 plus 
shipping.

As for a link to LibreOffice, Writer is the default package I use to 
create posters from letter size to 11x17 size.  I really save the 13x19 
paper for my own family's needs.

If I cannot use LibreOffice, then I have to go to Inkscape. But 
LibreOffice does 95%, or more, of my poster and sign needs. Thanks to my 
finding LibreOffice all those years ago when I was looking for a 
replacement for not-upgrading OpenOffice.org.

 . . . . . . . .

In my apartment home office "paper wall" - 55" by 54" in size - has 
shelf upon shelf of paper from 4x6 inches to 13x19 inch paper in white, 
color, card stock, and various types of photo paper.  Right now A4 paper 
is not needed anymore.

All my old, faded, white paper goes to my grand nephew and grand niece 
as coloring sheets.

Can you believe that 13x19 photo paper costs a lot less that 11x17 photo 
paper - if you can find it.  I print so much paper I have to buy from a 
ream to several per month when I do a heavy print cycle.  I have to buy 
an inkjet printer every 6 to 10 months - alone with the 3 different 
numbered ink-tank cartridges - 2 for Canon photo printers and 1 for the 
HP wide format printer.  I rarely use a laser toner cartridge a year.

People in the same apartment tower[s] I live in sees my different 
printers and paper wall and sees no reason to have all this "stuff".  
Then they ask me to print something for them is a paper color that most 
people never have printed on before. They expect me to buy a half-ream 
the new color for 10-20 sheets.  I do my best to steer them to the 
closest color I have in stock. That is one reason I stock so many paper 
types and colors.  They just do not get why until they need printing 
from me.



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