Robert wrote: > 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! I have now reinstalled the original, failing ver 1.1.2-18.6.EL4 from the CDs. I went through the same exercise of checking page options except that I took a series of screenshots (available but not attached) to illustrate my point. Satisfied that I had not been mistaken earlier, I once more removed version 1.1.2-18.6.EL4 and let yum install ver 1.1.2-24.6.0.EL4, which works like a champ. Against the chance that I had a bad download originally, I ran md5sum against the OOo files: [root at mavis /]# md5sum /media/cdrom/CentOS/RPMS/openoffice* 09eee4954473b4936a47cb52b1e49a78 /media/cdrom/CentOS/RPMS/openoffice.org-1.1.2-18.6.EL4.i386.rpm b370a32e70768432c6b63e4a4a9883a8 /media/cdrom/CentOS/RPMS/openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-18.6.EL4.i386.rpm 880ad61bcacba260fdcb342dbe09db24 /media/cdrom/CentOS/RPMS/openoffice.org-kde-1.1.2-18.6.EL4.i386.rpm e90f728f864ad368f65a8517ebf39458 /media/cdrom/CentOS/RPMS/openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-18.6.EL4.i386.rpm [root at mavis /]#