Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 19405
Spreadsheet no longer prints vertical text
Last modified: 2003-10-02 11:14:37 UTC
Previouus versions of Open Office (prior to 1.1 and perhaps the original 1.1 beta) could print vertical text in spreadsheets. Now the print preview of a document will show correctly oriented vertical text, but the text will be printed horizontally with the characters turned 90°. Saving a spreadsheet to a pdf file works correctly however.
Hi, I dont know what you want. Please attach a document and step by step description for what you want to do. Frank
Sorry, I ment I don't understand what you want to do. Frank
Open a spreadsheet. Select a cell. Enter any text desired. Right click mouse to format cells. Change alignment to vertical text (90 deg). Printing rotated text will be corrupted, although print preview is correct. This problem only appears to occur with the Windows version. The Linux version still prints vertically oriented text correctly.
Hi, sorry to tell you, but I was not able to reproduce what you're facing, neither on Windows nor on Linux. It seems to bew a problem with the printer driver. BTW what type and model of a printer do you use ? What's the version number of the driver and where can I get it ? Also, please attach a document that shows this behaviour. This will give me the opportunity to see what type of options you had switched on. Maybe it has something to do with Asian language support or CTL (writing right to left). Best regards Frank
Created attachment 9263 [details] OO spreadsheet
I think I fouled up entering a comment and attaching a file. As I said, previous versions of Win OO printed vertical text correctly. Linux OO still prints my spreadsheets correctly. I'm still using the same HP LaserJet 4P printer. Perhaps my system driver has changed.
I've tried it again with the systems printer driver for the HP Laserjet 4 p from Win XP and the printout is correct. Therefore I've to close this one as worksforme. Sorry. Frank
I'm really lost as to what is causing the vertically oriented text in spreadsheets to print incorrectly on my Dell XPS T500 with HP LaserJet 4 Plus printer. I deleted the old printer driver and reinstalled it again from a Win98SE disk. Same problem with the text not printing correctly. I downloaded the legacy OO 1.0.3.1 and installed it leaving the OO 1.1 RC4 on my computer. The legacy version prints all text perfectly, while the RC4 version doesn't. OO is great software, and I can work around this text issue, but I'd like to know where the problem stems from. My Dell system is dual boot with Linux. OO RC4 for Linux works perfectly also.
hi, one thing that you can check is the checkbox 'use printer metrics...' under tools options spreadsheet general. We have chnaged the default state of it from On (1.0.3.1) to Off (1.1...). Maybe this causes the problem. Frank
I tried changing the checkbox to 'use printer metrics...'. It still didn't help. I even tried a trial version of Sun Star Office 7. The only Open Office versions that work correctly are 1.0.3.1 and earlier. I really don't want to format my hard drive to kill any possible windows bugs, so I will just live with the problem by keeping the legacy version and the latest Open Office software on my computer.
Hi, I'm sorry that we can't help you out. Frank