Re: [libreoffice-users] How to print a section of a SS

Your welcome John.
I was doing exactly what you were doing to start with.
Steve

On 19/10/2021 16:51, John R. Sowden wrote:
> Thank you Alan and Steve.  I was not printing to a PDF, but that could 
> have been a later nightmare.  Where my mindset was wrong was that I 
> thought that the mousing a section WAS the define.  So I clicked on 
> define, then moused, then had nothing.  I just tried your method Steve 
> and it worked.  My vendor in Canada will receive my limited 
> spreadsheet shortly!
>
> Thank you,
> John
>
>
>
> On 10/18/21 5:51 PM, Alan B wrote:
> > I hasn't been mentioned if the OP is printing to PDF, and my bad for 
> > never
> > reporting the bug, but using LibreOffice File>Export as PDF or the 
> > Export
> > Directly as PDF icon causes EVERYTHING on all tabs to print to the 
> > PDF no
> > matter what print range might be specified, no matter if the print 
> > ranges
> > are deleted then selected anew. EVERYTHING gets dumped into a PDF.
> >
> > Need to be certain the OP isn't using the PDF feature. If they are, 
> > that is
> > the source of the problem.
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 8:38 PM Steve Edmonds 
> > <steve.edmonds@ptglobal.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi John.
> > > What version of Libreoffice are you on.
> > > When you say you want to print a section of a sheet, is that a single
> > > section on just one sheet or sections of multiple sheets.
> > >
> > > For me on a single sheet, sometimes the print range has some history
> > > from previous activity.
> > > I go Format>Print Ranges>Clear to start.
> > > Then I highlight the range to print with the mouse and go Format>Print
> > > Ranges>Define.
> > >
> > > Then I go to File>Print Preview to see how many pages that selected
> > > range will print on, and if necessary adjust the top -/+ slider or page
> > > format to suit my needs.
> > > Steve
> > >
> > > On 18/10/2021 16:12, John R. Sowden wrote:
> > > > In an "office" program, I made the foolish assumption that people
> > > > would understand that SS means Spread Sheet.  I apologize to those who
> > > > did not grasp that.
> > > >
> > > > The version of Thunderbird is 13.0 (32 bit).  Again I assumed that the
> > > > instructions for a common function, that of printing a section of a SS
> > > > (see reference above) would not change from version to version.
> > > > Again, I apologize to those who were confused about the stability of
> > > > user interfaces.
> > > >
> > > > Humbly,
> > > > John
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 10/16/21 8:07 AM, Dan Lewis wrote:
> > > > > On 10/15/21 8:25 PM, John R. Sowden wrote:
> > > > > > I went to Format->Print Range--> define.  Failed
> > > > > > Went to Help (when all else fails) read, follow instructions, blank
> > > > > > screen (no examples)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Help?,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > John
> > > > > What do you mean by SS? Which component of LibreOffice are you using?
> > > > > What version of LibreOffice are you using?
> > > > >
> > > > > Dan
> > >
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