[libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with print dialogue

On 4/7/20 8:03 PM, John Sweeney wrote:
> I have this version of libre office: Build ID: 1:6.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.3
>
> I cannot see the OK button on the print dialgoue because the dialogue is
> too big for my screen and there is no scroll bar nor can i change the
> dialogue's size. It is very frustrating.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Sweeney

I see it has been determined to be a bug and fixed, so this is just an 
FYI for everyone.  And, maybe a developer will read this.  :-)

I don't know if this is true of Linux, but Windows and Macs have a 
magnify function in the OS, so folks like me can enlarge the data on the 
screen.  It's an inconvenient solution for full time use if you use the 
option that imitates a magnifying glass.

However, one of the options you have is a setting, both OSes, that that 
creates a "virtual screen" that is larger than your display.  Back in 
the Win 3.x days, some graphics cards had this option, and at least one 
of them called it a virtual desktop.  Using this is like having a 6X6 
sized screen, but looking at it through a 3X3 hole.  And you slide the 
6X6 screen around until the item you are searching for appears in the 
3X3 hole.

Today, the ability to change screen resolutions is a far, far better 
option.  I have 2 monitors that are 1920X1200 native resolution.  I used 
to be able to read that setting with no problem.  But not any more.  :-( 
 The simple solution was to change the screen resolution setting to the 
next lower resolution that has the same aspect ratio.  If the next one 
down doesn't quite work, go one more.  So the resolution displayed by my 
Mac is 1600X1000, and on Windows 10 it's 1680X1050.

This idea works great, until you start working with a laptop and small 
screen.  If a dialogue box is not designed to work with a smaller 
resolution, say 800X600, you will have the exact problem you mentioned.

In Windows, this can also happen if you set the magnification from 100% 
to 125%, for example.  I had a client where the magnification was set to 
125%, and the dialogue box for a particular program had the buttons off 
the bottom of the screen.  I could force the screen to move using the 
mouse, but as soon as I let the mouse button go so I could click on a 
button, the screen snapped back to the original position.


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