[vox] Fwd: Re: Reasons you might not want to use OpenOffice

[Bill Ward]

On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 12:59 AM, Brian Lavender <brian at brie.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 12:20:23AM -0700, Bill Ward wrote:
> >
> >    I bet your page is set for A4 rather than Letter size paper.  There's
> >    document-level and system-level settings for paper size, and the
> >    default is A4 in many installations.  If the various settings are not
> >    mutually consistent, you could end up with weird margins being added
> or
> >    subtracted as the program tries to fit the output on the desired
> >    paper.  It's a bit like letterboxing on TV sets.  A4 is taller and
> >    narrower than letter size.
>
> Where is the system-level setting? I found the document setting in OO. I
> also checked
> the printer and it has letter listed as default.
>
>
> I don't remember exactly but hunt around in the preferences doc.  Make sure
the "Format>Page" setting is on Letter, and when you print that the printer
settings are on Letter.
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