On Mon, 2010-09-06 at 16:59 -0700, RA Brown wrote: > Brewster Gillett wrote: > > On Mon, 2010-09-06 at 16:19 -0700, RA Brown wrote: > >> Hi All, > >> > >> We have been seeing a lot of discussion about printing envelops from > >> OpenOffice.org. I decided to try and do something about it. > > > > bg: > > > > I will once again offer my totally printer-independent solution > > that dates back nearly 30 years; simply use a No. 10 window envelope. > > Most letter layouts position the addressee's name & address pretty > > much in the ballpark for a good fit, requiring little or no > > adjustment of your standard start point. > > > > Sometimes the shortest distance between two points is a side trip... > > ... think out of the box! > > > > Brewster > > Hi Brewster, > > I agree 100% but that is not how it should work nor what people have > been asking about. > > Thanks > Andy
bg: Well, they *are* seeking a solution. Sometimes when we go looking for a solution, we confine our imagination to a much too narrow band. That's exactly why I recommended that we think out of the box. So I might only ask "How can I make Writer and my printer make nice with each other to print on an envelope" where really I should be back a couple of paces asking, "How can I manage to produce a finished product that I can mail out to someone?" I do recognize that the #10-window solution is not going to work for everyone, in all the possible circumstances, but it *is* a possible solution about which it could be useful to be aware. And I know from long experience that it has not occurred to very many people. So every so often I toss it out there again. Brewster -- *********************************************************************** Embrace a sharing community of sustainable justice low-carbon diversity *********************************************************************** W. Brewster Gillett b...@fdi.us Portland, OR USA *********************************************************************** Simply because you don't like to hear it, that doesn't make it untrue. *********************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
