Johnny Hughes wrote: >On Fri, 2005-04-29 at 10:06 -0500, Robert wrote: > > >>Robert wrote: >> >> >> >>>Has anyone here replaced the openoffice.org packages with those that >>>were distributed with FC3? It's either that for me or simply >>>scrapping CentOS in favor of FC3 (or even FC1). I'm very surprised >>>that I can find no reports regarding the impossibility of formatting >>>multi-page spreadsheets to print properly. >>> >>> >>Answering my own question.... >>Removing (rpm -e) >>openoffice.org-kde-1.1.2-18.6.EL4 >>openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-18.6.EL4 >>openoffice.org-1.1.2-18.6.EL4 >>openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-18.6.EL4 >>and installing >>openoffice.org-1.1.2-10.i386.rpm >>openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-10.i386.rpm >>openoffice.org-kde-1.1.2-10.i386.rpm >>openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-10.i386.rpm >>from the FC3 CDs (specifically CD 1,2 and 4) restored my ability to >>print spreadsheets properly. This was both on a test box, printing >>across the network and on the machine I'm using at this moment. The fact >>that both machines exhibited the same behavior using the .EL4 version >>would seem to rule out some goofy install problem. The fact that relief >>was instant following the installation of the older files would seem to >>rule out a "senior moment" on my part -- which was an open question in >>my mind for some time. >>So, as far as usability, this is a case of "all's well that ends". Yet, >>it would be interesting to know if the OpenOffice.org developers let >>such a glaring bug escape, if the bug was a RedHat enhancement, if >>perhaps there was some unheralded error in the rebuild process or maybe >>a download error here. >> >> > >Robert, > >The latest version of OOo for CentOS-4 (openoffice.org-1.1.2-22.6.EL4) >spreadsheet prints fine for me ... not sure exactly what the error you >had was. > > 1. There is no excuse for the tone of my original post. 2. Looks like openoffice.org.i386-1.1.2-24.6.0.EL4 is available now. I'll try it either this evening or tomorrow. It's no big deal, now that I know the way back. 3. I'll attempt to explain the original complaint. I have a spreadsheet that is 11 columns x 380 rows. The last time I printed it was several months ago and it required 8 pages. Whenever I print any spreadsheet I always do a File -> Page Preview first, then flip through the pages to see that I haven't done something stupid like failing to set the print area to include the growth records and to make any adjustment to bottom margin needed to avoid goofy stuff like a page with only 1 line. My first clue that something was different came when there was no page flippin' to be done ' cause I was looking at "page 1 of 1". It was almost like OOo was setup to use roll paper -- which I haven't seen some of in quite a while. Clicking the "Page Format" button and running through the several tabs revealed nothing of interest. In the "Sheet" tab, "Scale" section, the "Reduce/Enlarge printout" bullet was ticked and the reduction was set to something like 54%. Instead of reducing the number of sheets indicated from 9 to 5, it just considered the whole thing a single sheet. I tried ticking the "Fit printout on number of pages" bullet with limited success. I didn't print the whole spreadsheet using that setting but I have a first sheet here with a partial row at the bottom. 4. I still have no earthly idea what happened. I just checked my CDs (specifically, #2) and found that the version in question is on the CD. I KNOW I used Bittorrent to download the isos. I can't swear that I checked the MD5 sums before burning. I WILL investigate further. Thanks for the response!