Re: Page Size not sticking

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.
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Received on Thu Jun 2 22:26:51 2005