That's exactly the procedure I follow, except A4 is a default here (maybe because I chose French/France at install).
That might be the difference between our systems. The two computers I've tested have the same locales LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=fr_FR:fr:en_GB:en LC_CTYPE="fr_FR.UTF-8" LC_NUMERIC="fr_FR.UTF-8" LC_TIME="fr_FR.UTF-8" LC_COLLATE="fr_FR.UTF-8" LC_MONETARY="fr_FR.UTF-8" LC_MESSAGES="fr_FR.UTF-8" LC_PAPER="fr_FR.UTF-8" LC_NAME="fr_FR.UTF-8" LC_ADDRESS="fr_FR.UTF-8" LC_TELEPHONE="fr_FR.UTF-8" LC_MEASUREMENT="fr_FR.UTF-8" LC_IDENTIFICATION="fr_FR.UTF-8" LC_ALL= -- [Feisty] Open Office writer 2.2 adds unremovable margins on top and bottom of any A4 portrait document https://launchpad.net/bugs/93221 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs