Re: Odd bug with cell formatting and printing

[James Ball <sybex009 sweetness shacknet nu>]

On Wed, 25 Oct 2000 13:21:29 Zach Frey wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I ran into the following problem using the latest Helix GNOME and Gnumeric
> (0.57)
> on RedHat 6.2 this week:
>
> I created a spreadsheet that had a number of cells with bold borders (the
> heaviest
> line available in the selection dialog).  All this sheet has is formatted
> cells and
> text fields, no formulas.  Its orientation is landscape.  In 'Print Preview'
> it
> looks just like I would expect.
>
> (1) However, when I print a copy, the cell outlines are thin, not thick.
>
> (2) When I use the Print dialog to print more than a single copy, the odd
> copies
>     print landscape with thin borders.  The even copies print portrait (!)
> with
>     the borders correctly thick.
>
> I don't know if this qualifies as a Gnumeric or a Gnome-Print bug, but I
> thought
> I'd start here.
>
> If it would help, I can email the spreadsheet or put it on the web.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Zach

I have also had some problems with printing borders.
Often, I will have a spreadsheet with the entire print area surrounded by a
border,
of any size, it doesn't matter. When I print it, the right and bottom lines are
not
printed.
I solved this, by placing text in cells outside the border on both sides, and
then
setting the width/height to 0. Also, the corners don't seem finished.. don't
know if
that is really a bug yet, or just not worked on yet.. anyway. The printing
comes out
as expected, other than that. The missing lines are also not shown in the print
preview,
so I am imagining it is a Gnumeric problem, rather than gnome-print. though I
have not
printed in landscape form yet. I am actually using an older version of both
questionable
units of software, so that could be the problem, though the border printing has
always
seemed to be a problem, so, I don't really know. I will have to recompile some
stuff soon,
but, well, my computer is really slow.. heh.. soowwy.

I am using gnome-print 0.20 and gnumeric 0.56

P.S. Thanks for Gnumeric guys, but hopefully, some work will be done on the
headers and
footers. I don't usually like having them, and whenever I make a new sheet, it
puts them
there, and I have to manually remove them. Also, there are about 6 different
empty
headers... could be my fault, but I think they were there to begin with.
Anyway, something
akin to a checkbox for "Use header" and "Use footer" would be nice. Also,
remembering that
for next time.. well, gotta go. Phone...
Thanks.