Bug#348898: openoffice.org: Wrong paper size set by new OpenOffice 2.0, causes wrong printouts
Package: openoffice.org
Version: 2.0.0-5
Severity: normal
This is 3 bugs in one, but they are related so it's probably more
useful to file it as one bug.
1. Format|Page
2. Choose "Tabloid"
Notice that width is set to 792.5pt and Height is set to 1222.5pt
This is impossible, because the US sizes are in inches and thus
point-size measurements must be integral multiples of 72; anything
ending in .5 cannot possibly be right.
The correct size should be 792pt by 1224pt (11*72 by 17*72).
Even worse things happen when such a document is printed:
1. When printed, OOo 2.0 causes the printout to use "Letter" size.
This can be confirmed by generating a Postscript file and noting
that a letter page size is passed to setpagedevice.
This means that tabloid/ledger-sized documents cannot be printed
from OOo using normal procedures.
2. When a PDF is generated, OOo 2.0 generates a PDF of size
793pt x 1222pt
IIRC, OOo 1.1.x never had this problem.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.4.28-ow1
Locale: LANG=zh_TW.Big5, LC_CTYPE=zh_TW.Big5 (charmap=BIG5)
Versions of packages openoffice.org depends on:
ii openoffice.org-base 2.0.0-5 OpenOffice.org office suite - data
ii openoffice.org-calc 2.0.0-5 OpenOffice.org office suite - spre
ii openoffice.org-core 2.0.0-5 OpenOffice.org office suite archit
ii openoffice.org-draw 2.0.0-5 OpenOffice.org office suite - draw
ii openoffice.org-impress 2.0.0-5 OpenOffice.org office suite - pres
ii openoffice.org-java-common 2.0.0-5 OpenOffice.org office suite Java s
ii openoffice.org-math 2.0.0-5 OpenOffice.org office suite - equa
ii openoffice.org-writer 2.0.0-5 OpenOffice.org office suite - word
openoffice.org recommends no packages.
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