Re: Page Size not sticking

On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 21:24:10 +0100, sum1_lists@yahoo.com
<sum1_lists@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Peter Robson wrote:
>> On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 12:21:55 +0100, Peter Robson
>> <peter@robsonpg.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I am finding when using 2.2.7 (on W98SE) with two or three columns
>>> that page size is not sticking, e.g. set to A4 landscape, do some
>>> work, perhaps insert picture or text box, then page size suddenly
>>> reverts to 'custom' as a square page having the shorter dimension of
>>> A4. Sometimes, just clicking show/hide button is sufficient to
>>> trigger the change.
>>>
>>> I have been helping a friend to use AbiWord (on XP) and she sees the
>>> same problem.
>>>
>>> I have looked in the bug list but have not found anything identical
>>> so far. I have not been able to find a simple action that makes it
>>> happen all the time but it's so fundamental, I feel sure it must have
>>> been discovered and investigated already. Ideas?
>>>
>> Here's something more precise and consistent. Open a blank document.
>> Set to A4 landscape, set
>> to two columns, insert a text box somewhere, click show/hide, page
>> size changes to square.
>> Can others reproduce? Known bug?
>> Reset to A4, click show/hide, stays OK. Move the text box, click
>> show/hide, page size changes
>> to square.
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> This is an unknown bug (with regard to Bugzilla reports) that I was able
> to reproduce with 2.2.7 and the latest development version on Windows
> XP. Please file the textbox test case in Bugzilla so it can be
> (eventually) fixed; and thanks for taking the time to isolate the
> problem.

   Thanks for checking this out. Bug 9068 filed.

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Received on Fri Jun 3 22:16:57 2005