![]() ![]() Envelopes have flaps, which may catch in the feed mechanism.If you feed an envelope which is smaller than that, you risk that it stops somewhere in the paper path. Note that envelope formats are not handled reliably by all printers. If you don’t have a separate envelope feeder, you should receive instruction from printer front panel (or onscreen messages) about feeding envelope manually. ![]() When the printer is instructed to print the envelope, it needs to change paper type. For a single instance, the above procedure is simpler and more intuitive. If you do this frequently/in large volumes (mailmerge procedure), you may be better off to create a template where the envelope and letter pages are in the same document, and content of one “address container” is automatically copied to another. Writer does not have any automatic features to identify your address and select correct envelope size, so this is a manual procedure. I was looking for a good CD sleeve template, one that had a flap to keep the CD from falling out, a place to put a booklet. I then selected Insert / Text Box a couple times, and entered the return address and send address. That works The page is correctly defined. Paste the address you copied in the first step Simply open a usual document, go to Format / Page, and from there change the Format to 10 envelope.Insert a frame, drag it in place and select it for insertion (press Enter).Move the insertion point to where the address should be, by.In the Format field, select the envelope size you are going to use.Set the new document to an envelope page size.Open a new blank document for your envelope ( ctrl+ N).Copy the address to clipboard (select, then ctrl+ C).This will insert a special envelope page, and create frames for envelope content. The right portion has a properties area where you can select a different size, if need be:įor example, maybe you want to select a standard Envelope #10.There is the Insert - Envelope menu item. The left portion will tell you what envelope size is selected: When you click File and then Print, you will once again have the option of checking to make sure you have the correct size selected: From there, click-and-drag to whatever size you wish: Your mouse cursor will change to a sizing arrow whenever you hover over one of them. Green boxes will appear which are “grabber points”. ![]() You’ll end up with something that looks like this:įrom here you can adjust fonts and sizes of fields.įor field adjustment size, just click on a field area border. Yes, this will create a second document, but it’s worth it to avoid the blank page crapola. Since we don’t want that blank page, use New Doc. If you don’t do that and click Insert instead, what happens is that Writer will create your new envelope along with a single blank page. But if you encounter problems with sizing, now you know where to change the appropriate settings. Important note: If printing standard sized envelopes, you shouldn’t have to do any of this. What LO does is give the printer control over the paper size instead of handling it directly within the document editor software itself. (Optional)Ī common complaint with the way LO does envelope printing is, “Where can I select the envelope type?” That’s done via the Printer tab on the window you’re still on:Īll the envelope types are there. The Printer tab is where you can set an envelope type if you wish. By default you will start on the Envelope tab. The “Envelope” window pops up, and will have the tabs Envelope, Format and Printer. ![]() Launch LibreOffice Writer to create a new document. The tutorial below assumes you’re using the latest (at the time of this writing) version 3.5.1. What is LibreOffice ? A free alternative to Microsoft Office. The goal of this tutorial is simply to print an envelope out of LibreOffice Writer as quickly as possible. I’m not going to get into custom templates or anything like that. Thankfully, it’s easier now, but the way it’s done still may confuse a few out there, so here’s how to go about it. In the bad old days it was ridiculously difficult to do because you actually had to create your own envelope template from scratch. It took a while (a long while, in fact) before OpenOffice/LibreOffice got the whole printing-an-envelope thing down. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |