SOLVED LibreOffice Writer, RTF files, gray left margin

[dibl]

LO 4.0.3.3, KDE 4.10.3. I am not sure whether this is an LO bug or an HP printer driver bug. LO fixed the problem they had with slow opening of RTF files, but now there is a new issue.  The entire left margin of an RTF doc is gray, and when printed it prints gray. MS .doc files, and ODF files, do not have any problems.  My printer is HP P1606dn.




Can anyone confirm on a different printer?

[michaa7]

I don't have rtf files. But I created one with LO writer. No problem with the left margin.
Don't know if this info is helpfull.

[dibl]

Thanks michaa!  Will you PM me with a e-mail address?  I want to send you an .rtf file that was not made by LO, to be sure about this issue.

[Gabriel_M]

If a .rtf file is created by Word 2003 or a higher version.
The document has a MergeField field.
When you send the data to the printer, the application may not print the .rtf file correctly.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953024/es

[mylo]

Hi dibl,

I have no prob with rtf here. I sent you my mail adress via pn. You can send me the file, if you want a test on the samsung clp350n (laser).

[dibl]

Today I can say for sure the printer driver is not the problem -- I tested with a different printer and it makes no difference.

Possibly the Windows application that made my .rtf document is the problem.  My next test will be to try an old .rtf doc from a different source, if I can find one.


EDIT:  An old .rtf file from a different application opens correctly and has no gray left margin.  So the source of the problem is the Windows application that I use for these genealogy reports.

Marking it solved -- thanks for the help!

[der_bud]

...  So the source of the problem is the Windows application that I use for these genealogy reports...

May I ask which application you use? I just made an ancestor-report.rtf with Gramps 3.4.0-1 in siduction without grey borders. In windows I use Gramps-Portable and access the same database-file from both versions, but have to admit that I just play around with some few family-data, not as much as you do.

[dibl]

I use The Master Genealogist from Wholly Genes.

I took a look at gramps last year and it is coming along really well, from its early days.

My reason to stay with TMG is the companion product, Second Site.  With Second Site, my 2000-page website is compiled in 5 minutes and ready to upload.  This is because Second Site has CSS style sheets, themes, and a lot of capabilities to let the user build his website without knowing HTML.  So, I live with a copy of Windows on a VM, to support my hobby.