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Fri, Feb 01, 2008

Papersize for OpenOffice on Linux

Posted at 10:58 am MST to Code

If OpenOffice on Linux keeps defaulting to the wrong paper size (A4 vs. letter or vice versa) check the value in /etc/papersize and make sure it is set correctly. Also check the values of any PAPERSIZE or PAPERCONF environment variables.

You need to close all OpenOffice windows after changing /etc/papersize, so that OpenOffice is shut down completely. Then reopen it to see the chnaged default.

Ubuntu seems to default it to A4. Fedora had the file, but with only a comment in it. And Centos 5 did not have the file at all (I may not have openoffice installed on that machine.

Oddly, OpenOffice on Windows XP hung opening a Windows doc file that opened fine on Linux. I should probably check for OpenOffice updates. That file was from Europe, so the A4 paper size in it was not from the default setting.

I need to remember to check the papersize settings on docs from Europe.

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