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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: Default Paper Size for KOffice?
From:       Thomas Zander <zander () planescape ! com>
Date:       2001-10-26 6:56:28
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I have KDE 2.2.2(CVS) but I think it is also in your version;
press save in the print dialog to save current settings. Including paper type,
it works here.

When you create a new document in KWord you should select the Letter template
if you want to print to letter later on. So don't just select new..

On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 04:36:57PM -0600, Praedor Tempus wrote:
> The problem is that you have to select letter every time, you can't set the 
> paper size (default) to letter and have it stick.  The default should be able 
> to be set and stick forever...until or unless you change it.  
> 
> This problem used to exist with the kde print system too.  You used to set 
> your default paper size to letter now, expecting that it would stick but the 
> next time you print, say a website, you find that it has reverted to A4 
> instead and totally dicked up the printout.  
> 
> I'd say that it should be tied to country, just as a nice means of setting 
> default behavior from install - subject to the user changing it.  If I set my 
> country to USA, A4 is just not there.  Letter is the primary format in the 
> USA so setting country to USA should also set the default page size for 
> printers, for kword, for kedit, etc, etc, to letter.
> 
> It should never be the case that the page size keeps going back to A4 after 
> closing your app so that it has to be changed again when the app is reopened.
> 
> On Thursday 25 October 2001 15:48, Thomas Zander wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 03:00:23PM -0500, Joshua Johnson wrote:
> > > Just wondering if this is due to be fixed soon?
> > >
> > >
> > > If it has been fixed how does one set the preference?
> > >
> > > My setup is:
> > > SuSE 7.1 - KDE 2.2.1 - KOFFICE 1.1 - CUPS
> > > (All of the above are outstanding BTW :-)
> > >
> > > I have tried setting the paper size per printer in Control Panel, however
> > > KWord and Kspread do not seem to set the size accordingly.  They still
> > > default to A4.
> > >
> > > Please excuse if the answer has been posted I was unable to find it in
> > > list archives.
> > >
> > >
> > > Warmest Regards,
> > >
> > >
> > > Joshua
> >
> > Not quite sure what your problem is, if I open a KWord document of size
> > US-Letter and press print, that is the size my print dialog shows.
> > If I select a new page of A4, then that is the size shown in the print
> > diag.
> >
> > Do you think this is incorrect behavior?
> >
> > I am using the CVS KOffice 1.1 version, together with kprint.

-- 
Thomas Zander                                            zander@earthling.net
The only thing worse than failure is the fear of trying something new

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