Page size settings vs. printed page settings
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:43 pm
I'm using the demo app as the basis for another application, and I wanted to ask about a quirk involving page size settings and printing.
If you import a document (Insert ... File) or open an existing document, it accepts the page size in the original document.
If you change the page size of an existing document, it can corrupt the layout of the entire document. I realize this is a generic problem endemic to all word processors.
The problem is if you have an A4 document and try to PRINT it as a "Letter" document (8-1/2" x 11"), or vice versa, it also messes things up.
In a program like Word, the printer driver will usually scale the output to fit the printed page, rather than reformatting the entire document before rendering it.
Is there a way to prevent the entire document from getting reformatted if you simply want to print it to a different sized page? That is, can it scale each output page to the printed page AFTER it has rendered it using the default page layout settings?
Thanks
-David
If you import a document (Insert ... File) or open an existing document, it accepts the page size in the original document.
If you change the page size of an existing document, it can corrupt the layout of the entire document. I realize this is a generic problem endemic to all word processors.
The problem is if you have an A4 document and try to PRINT it as a "Letter" document (8-1/2" x 11"), or vice versa, it also messes things up.
In a program like Word, the printer driver will usually scale the output to fit the printed page, rather than reformatting the entire document before rendering it.
Is there a way to prevent the entire document from getting reformatted if you simply want to print it to a different sized page? That is, can it scale each output page to the printed page AFTER it has rendered it using the default page layout settings?
Thanks
-David