On Thu, 6 Feb 2020 08:04:16 -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Basil Chupin
[02-06-20 01:43]: What is the trick to be able to successfully print a PDF file from (a) Ocular and (b) from Libreoffice?
The question really relates to the the selection of page numbers when printing a range of pages. For example, I opened a PDF file in ocular and selected a range of pages to print --eg, 53 to 85 but the printing started from page 42 (I watched as the pages were being printed so stopped the job before too many pages [and ink] were wasted.
The same happened (but with a different PDF file) when the file was opened in Libreoffice. At the bottom of the displayed page it shows the correct page number as the start page for the pp range I want to print but the printing begins from a different page (similar to the experience with Ocular). I also notice that with Libreoffice the left hand column displays a 'slideshow' page number but using these page numbers produced even mare wasted paper.
The question therefore is: is there a "trick" in selecting the correct starting/ending pages to be printed when a PDF file is opened in either Ocular or LibreOffice?
All help most appreciated.
pdf's frequently begin with a few pages enumerated with Roman Numerals and then more pages beginning with Arabic Numerials. The printing begins with the first page as Arabic Numeral "1" which may actually be Roman Numeral "I", so you must account for those "extra" pages at the beginning of the document.
clear as mudddd...
The "front matter" (Title, TOC, preface/foreword etc.) is frequently numbered by Roman numerals in books, and the main contens by Arabic numerals. Adobe Reader (acroread) can be set to use continuous numbering from 1, or use different numbering for the front matter and the main text (Edit => Preferences => Page display => Page Content and Information => Use logical page numbers). Furthermore acroread's print window shows preview of the pages selected for printing, and can be used for setting scaling, rotation, printing multiple pages per paper sheet or booklet printing. This is the reason I insist on using acroread (and obsolete openSUSE versions where acroread works). As far as I know there is no other PDF viewer for linux that is so powerful when it comes to printing. Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org