![]() Not pretty - but at least a partial solution. Note that the printer setup needs to be made from that insert dialog or else LO does other bad things with the format like adding a couple inches of ‘header’ space. The 1.47 margin is then moved to the other end. Quick Setup - Envelope and Rotate 180 degrees Go to the printer Setup from that same dialog and make the following print selections in the printer properties:.When you insert or make a new envelope document, in the dialog select the Printer tab and select the center print (second from right).Here is what I have found that seems to work: And, LO Writer does not seem to know how to handle it. ![]() What I have discovered is that the Canon driver seems to force a 1.47 inch margin on the feed end of an envelope. Output as a PDF document shows the same problem and conversion to a MS Word 20003 format and opening in MS Word 2007 also cuts off the left side.Īt that point it appeared to have something to do with the print driver not allowing the correct print area. OK - I did a few more experiments after writing the paragraph above. I have previously printed a #10 envelope with no problems but since I don’t do it very often I don’t know where it got broken - but, if it is even an LO problem, the suspect is version 3.6. I also have a Canon MG5320 and LO 3.6.3 with Win 7 64-bit. Today had to handwrite 4 commercial envelopes and would certainly appreciate any ideas. It appears that there is a left side margin set which won’t allow print beyond it, but we can’t locate any such setting in print setup or anywhere in Libre. Have deleted the envelope templates and started over. We have played with every print setting possible as well as several envelopes: Custom, DL Env, & Comm’l #10. Then took it home and uninstalled recent upgrade to x.3 and reinstalled x.2 No change yesterday or today. Took computer & printer to Canon office and 2 hours with 2 techs concluded it must be the software (Libre Office). Then when go to Print it is seen in the window on the left which displays the envelope with the first perhaps 1/2" chopped off, and it prints the same. When attempt to print an envelope see it fine in the Page Preview window and again in Print Preview. Didn’t have this problem last week when printed 4 envelopes until updated x.2 to x.3. The right portion has a properties area where you can select a different size, if need be:įor example, maybe you want to select a standard Envelope #10.Using Win7,64bit with Printer Canon MG5300 Series & Libre Office Writer 3.6.2 & 3.6.3 envelope template print is incomplete. The left portion will tell you what envelope size is selected: This is a re-write of my problem trying to create a new printer based envelope template that should be picked up by LibreOffice (see below for versions. When you click File and then Print, you will once again have the option of checking to make sure you have the correct size selected: From there, click-and-drag to whatever size you wish: Your mouse cursor will change to a sizing arrow whenever you hover over one of them. Green boxes will appear which are “grabber points”. You’ll end up with something that looks like this:įrom here you can adjust fonts and sizes of fields.įor field adjustment size, just click on a field area border. Yes, this will create a second document, but it’s worth it to avoid the blank page crapola. Since we don’t want that blank page, use New Doc. If you don’t do that and click Insert instead, what happens is that Writer will create your new envelope along with a single blank page. But if you encounter problems with sizing, now you know where to change the appropriate settings. Important note: If printing standard sized envelopes, you shouldn’t have to do any of this. What LO does is give the printer control over the paper size instead of handling it directly within the document editor software itself. (Optional)Ī common complaint with the way LO does envelope printing is, “Where can I select the envelope type?” That’s done via the Printer tab on the window you’re still on:Īll the envelope types are there. The Printer tab is where you can set an envelope type if you wish. By default you will start on the Envelope tab. The “Envelope” window pops up, and will have the tabs Envelope, Format and Printer. Launch LibreOffice Writer to create a new document. The tutorial below assumes you’re using the latest (at the time of this writing) version 3.5.1. What is LibreOffice ? A free alternative to Microsoft Office. ![]() The goal of this tutorial is simply to print an envelope out of LibreOffice Writer as quickly as possible. I’m not going to get into custom templates or anything like that. Thankfully, it’s easier now, but the way it’s done still may confuse a few out there, so here’s how to go about it. In the bad old days it was ridiculously difficult to do because you actually had to create your own envelope template from scratch. It took a while (a long while, in fact) before OpenOffice/LibreOffice got the whole printing-an-envelope thing down.
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