Issue 84439 - Mailmerge Wizard prints blank envelopes
Summary: Mailmerge Wizard prints blank envelopes
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of issue 29924
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: printing (show other issues)
Version: OOo 2.3.1 RC1
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P3 Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: h.ilter
QA Contact: issues@sw
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Reported: 2007-12-11 02:54 UTC by bruce_woodford
Modified: 2008-01-15 11:51 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description bruce_woodford 2007-12-11 02:54:04 UTC 
I selected the No 9 envelope as the page size with Landscape orientation, then 
successfully created a template & used it with the Mailmerge Wizard to merge 
database fields to create addressed envelopes which showed properly in the 
window at Step 7.  However when I attempted to print, the envelopes came thru 
the printer blank.  When I used Print Preview, there were two pages for each 
record - one had the proper information on it, the other was blank.  The 
workaround was to use a standard 8.5x11 page size for the template, landscape 
format, with the fields put in the proper position to print on my envelopes - 
this worked successfully.  BTW, I had earlier used a template that had been 
created with a previous version of Writer (not sure which one) to successfully 
print on different size envelopes.  Operating system is Windows XP Home, SP3, 
current on updates.
Comment 1 michael.ruess 2007-12-11 08:28:00 UTC 
Reassigned to HI.
Comment 2 h.ilter 2007-12-11 09:03:55 UTC 
What about when you just print the envelope without starting mail merge wizard?
Comment 3 bruce_woodford 2007-12-15 20:00:14 UTC 
It appears that the issue may reside in Format, not the Mailmerge wizard.  At 
HI's suggestion, I tried to print text in the following way:

Started with a default blank, Letter size page, Portrait Orientation
Typed text - printed ok
Switched to Landscape Orientation - printed ok
Switched to #9 Envelope - printed blank
Switched to Letter size, Landscape - printed blank
Switched to Letter, Portrait - printed ok
Switched to Letter, Landscape - printed blank
Switched to Letter, Portrait - printed ok

Started with a new, default blank document.
Switched to Landscape, typed text, - printed ok
Switched to #9 Envelope, Landscape - printed blank

The #9 envelope template will print in the Portrait orientation, but of course 
the text is in the wrong orientation for an envelope.
Comment 4 kpalagin 2008-01-09 13:30:44 UTC 
Maybe another duplicate to http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?
id=29924?
Comment 5 h.ilter 2008-01-15 11:50:39 UTC 
Yes, it's double to 29924. It's not the envelope, it occurs just by specific
page formats. PL knows it.

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 29924 ***
Comment 6 h.ilter 2008-01-15 11:51:12 UTC 
Closing duplicate