Thanks Brian and thanks to everyone else who gave advice. Changing the name of the config folder did the trick. It now works as it should. I appreciate the help.
On 16 July 2014 22:42, Pat Brown <mistyha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Where do I find the User Config folder on a Windows machine? Just for > interest, I thought I would try carrying out a new installation, which I > did after downloading version 4.2.5.2, but I am still having the same issue > > > On 16 July 2014 14:43, Kracked_P_P---webmaster <webmas...@krackedpress.com > > wrote: > >> >> Till we can figure out your issue, you might want to try an external >> program to create the PDF file. >> >> For Windows, I use doPDF - which is free. I have used it from XP, Vista, >> and Win7 systems. I have been using it for all of the other packages that >> I need a PDF printout instead of a paper one. Once installed, it will show >> up as a printer, so you will "print to PDF" instead of exporting. >> >> The "range option" makes me thing Calc instead of Writer. But like a >> printer, if you can print a "range" of pages to the printer, you can do the >> same to doPDF, since it acts like a printer, but the output is to a file >> and not paper. >> >> I also wonder if something was corrupted in your user config files. That >> can happen, and has for me on both Windows and Ubuntu/Linux, mostly for >> printer issues before 4.1.x came out. If so, it might be fixed by renaming >> [while LO is closed] the user config folder and then let LO recreate it >> when you open LO. This is what you need to do for a clean install of LO, >> since it "clears out" the user profile and associated data. >> >> >> >> >> On 07/15/2014 09:06 PM, Tim Lloyd wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have tried this on windows (XP) and linux (Fedora) and I can not >>> reproduce it. A couple of basic questions: >>> >>> I am assuming you are talking about a writer document? >>> is the document odf, doc, docx? >>> >>> Cheers >>> On 16/07/14 09:51, Pat Brown wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> I have not tried this previously but wish to do so now. My problem >>>> is >>>> that I want to export a selection of text in the main document but when >>>> I >>>> select "Export as PDF" the 'Range' option is greyed out. I cannot select >>>> anything and the default is 'All'. Is there a setting somewhere that I >>>> am >>>> missing? I am using LO version 4.2.4.2 in Windows 7. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Paddy >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >> Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to- >> unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> deleted >> > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted