Re: [libreoffice-users] [3.5.4.2/Writer] CTRL-P shortcut freezes LiBo V 3_5_4_2

henri wrote:
> Hello,
> I have just switched from LiBo V 3.4.5 to LiBo V 3.5.4.2 without any 
> apparent problems except for the following :
> I use mostly WRITER to print and fax. Until the upgrade ,I would ,on 
> completing a document, press the shortcut CTRL-P ,select the required 
> printer and print or fax depending on my selection.
> As  of the change to v 3.5.4.2 when I use the CTRL-P shortcut LiBO 
> freezes up ,no command works ,no printer dialogue shows up  and I ,in 
> the end, have to use the ESC key in order to to go back to my document .
> As a workaround for printing, the PRINT icon in the standard toolbar 
> will print immediately but will not allow me to select a printer 
> therefore I cannot select a different printer.. The workaround for 
> faxing (which I still have to use as some companies will not deal with 
> e-mail) is to export the document as a PDF, and then I can send it as 
> a fax by selecting the fax option through the printer dialogue of my 
> PDF application.
> I have also noticed that the option : Tools/Options/LibreOffice 
> writer/Print, in the setting OTHER (bottom left of open dialogue 
> window) will always revert to FAX (even though I select the NONE 
> option in that dialogue, (since I use the fax printer driver and have 
> no dedicated fax software) once I close the Options dialogue and 
> restart LiBo,
> I have also tried placing the Send Default Fax in  the STANDARD 
> TOOLBAR hoping that it would work as well as the Print File Directly 
> Icon bur all I get if I try it is  the following message:
>
> No fax printer has been set under Tools/Options/Text document/ Print
>
> This option "text Document" does not appear to exist in V 3.5.4.2 
> Tools/Options or if it does it is cunningly disguised and I cannot 
> find it.
> I can only assume that the CTRL-P shortcut starts looking for a non 
> existent printer and also that the the constant reverting to the fax 
> option in in the OPTIONS dialogue is a bug... but has anyone else had 
> this problem and is there a solution?
>
> Here is my system:
> OS: win XP sp3 with all patches
> AV: Microsoft security essentials
> PRINTER: Lexmark 5400 series
>                Epson 1290
> FAX: Microsoft fax driver
>
> All drivers are  up to date.
> Thanks in advance to anyone who can help with this as I am completely 
> at a loss..
> Cheers
> Henri
     The "text document" is LibreOffice Writer" and the path you need 
to use with a text document opened in Writer (it can be a new one):
Tools > Options > LibreOffice Writer > Print.
      The choices for a fax printer in a drop down list.

--Dan

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