Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Writer - envelope printing format problem

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From: Cliff Scott <ke6kzj@qsl.net>
To: users@libreoffice.org
Sent: Sun, 22 May, 2011 3:18:06
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Writer - envelope printing format problem

** Reply to message from "Mike." <the.lists@mgm51.com> on Sat, 21 May 2011
11:42:25 -0400

> On 5/19/2011 at 3:41 PM NoOp wrote:
>
> |On 05/14/2011 09:18 AM, Mike. wrote:
> |> Running:
> |> 
> |> LibreOffice 3.3.2 OOO330m19 (Build:202) tag libreoffice-3.3.2.2
> |> Windows 7, 64-bit
> |> 
> |> 
> |> 
> |> I am trying to print an envelope in Writer.   I selected the command
> |> 
> |>  Insert > Envelope
> |> 
> |> pick the proper envelope (#6 3/4) and then put the Sender and
> Addressee
> |> text in the fields.
> |> 
> |> 
> |> When I print the envelope, the addresses are too far to the left,
> with
> |> the Sender address mostly off the left side of the envelope.
> |> 
> |> I'm not sure exactly when this printing problem started.  I do know
> |> that envelopes printed correctly when I was running OpenOffice.  I
> |> think it was version 3.2 of Openoffice.   I don't know if it was the
> |> upgrade from 3.2 to 3.3 or the switch from Open Office to
> LibreOffice
> |> that is causing the printing problem.
> |> 
> |> All other printing (i.e., documents) works fine.
> |> 
> |> How can I make Writer properly format the envelope for printing?
> |
> |I'm not sure why, but please check |Insert|Envelope|Format and see if
> |the settings are (these are in inches):
> |
> |Addressee
> |Position
> |  from left: 3.25"
> |  from top: 1.81"
> |Sender
> |Position
> |  from left: 0.39"
> |  from top: 0.39"
> |Size
> |  Format: #6 3/4 (Personal) Envelope
> |  Width: 6.50"
> |  Height: 3.63"
> |
> |If those are the settings, then you can adjust manually if necessary.
> |
>  =============
>
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> The settings you note above are the settings I see here.
>
> The envelope renders properly on the display, i.e., the Addressee and
> Sender fields are in the correct spots on the envelope.
>
> However, somewhere in the process of sending the envelope to the
> printer the rendering changes and the fields are printed in the wrong
> areas on the envelope.

One way around it is what I've had to do because somehow my printer driver
doesn't translate things correctly. I created a separate document for the
envelope then moved the return address and To address to the appropriate
locations to print in the correct places on my printer. I then saved the
document and pull that up when envelope printing is needed. Not as handy as
if it worked correctly, but it works.



Hi :)

+1

I used to do about the same in MS Office many years ago.  On a test-print i 
measured the distance between where the mail-merged thing should be and where it 
really was then went into the view that lets you shift the margins around and 
dragged the edges outside the official print-range.  NOT elegant!  The same for 
sticky labels.  In another office i had to mail-merge 50-100 letters per day, 
every day, so copy&paste into a carefully set-up document just wasn't possible.  
Also the software tried to track which ones got printed and which didn't.  So i 
just found a way of consistently folding the various badly laid out letters so 
that the address did fit.  This meant the folds were not evenly spaced but i 
tried to mitigate that by folding very sharp creases as tho done by machine.  
Again, sub-optimal :(

With sticky labels i found the mail-merge would produce very tiny fonts so that 
the post-man (person?) would have to wear a microscope.  It was possible to 
adjust the font-size after mail-merge but the default font-size and position 
couldn't be changed.  


I wonder if it's possible to change the default position in LibreOffice so that 
it fits with an individual's requirements.  I would guess that using templates 
might help with letters?  Labels are a different issue.  


Regards from
Tom :)

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