Open Office / Calc - Cannot easily set print orientation.

[bluecat9]

Binary package hint: openoffice.org

Issue: When a user attempts to change page orientation using the Print window after pressing CTRL+P or File > Print they are unable to do so successfully.

I understand how to properly set the page orientation in Open Office, I just think it should be possible to do so using the "Print Window" after pressing Ctrl+P, or File > Print.

In a perfect world "Page Orientation" would be configurable on the first window presented to the user after invoking the Print command via dotting "Portrait" or "Landscape".

Note: Other oo.o apps are probably affected such as Writer, etc.

Thank you.

-bluecat9

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

There are at least three ways to set page orientation already:

1. Format - Page - Orientation
2. File - Print - Properties - Orientation
3. File - Printer Settings - Properties - Orientation

So you can already get to portrait/landscape mode from the print window by going into properties for the printer. This is the same way other programs such as Microsoft Office work as well.

Was that what you were looking for?

Thanks,

Chris Cheney

[Worik (worik-stanton)]

File - Print - Properties - Orientation

Does not work on Calc

[Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen)]

[This is an automated message.]
There are no new official OpenOffice.org releases in Ubuntu packaging anymore => Won't Fix

If the problem persists, please mark this bug as "also affects project Libreoffice" or "also affects distribution Libreoffice (Ubuntu)" if that has not happened already.

Please leave references to upstream OpenOffice.org bugs in place to allow cross pollination.

[Doug Lomax (dlomax11)]

I tested this and it works just like all the Microsoft products. I generally preview on Excel and change to the best orientation, (This is often landscape). Clicking the properties button and clicking the landscape button does the trick though.