Operation Manual

Graphics output – Force OpenGL even if blacklisted (on restart)
Forces the use of OpenGL even if the graphics device is blacklisted. A device is blacklisted
when it is buggy or may render graphics with poor quality. Not supported on all operating
systems and LibreOffice distributions.
Menu – icons in menus
Causes icons as well as words to be visible in menus.
Font Lists – Show preview of fonts
Causes the font list to look like Figure 19, Left, with the font names shown as an example of
the font; with the option deselected, the font list shows only the font names, not their
formatting (Figure 19, Right). The fonts you will see listed are those that are installed on your
system.
Fonts which are tuned for use with a specific script, such as Arabic, Hebrew, Malayalam, and
so on, now show an additional preview of some sample text in the target script.
Figure 19: Font list (Left) with preview; (Right) without preview
Print options
On the LibreOffice – Print page, set the print options to suit your default printer and your most
common printing method. Most of these options should be self-explanatory.
The option PDF as Standard Print Job Format is not available on Windows. Select this option to
change the internal print job format from a Postscript document description to a PDF description.
This format has a number of advantages over Postscript. For more information, see
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/pdf_as_standard_print_job_format
Deselecting this option reverts to the Postscript document workflow system.
In the Printer warnings section near the bottom of the page, you can choose whether to be warned
if the paper size or orientation specified in your document does not match the paper size or
orientation available for your printer. Having these warnings turned on can be quite helpful,
particularly if you work with documents produced by people in other countries where the standard
paper size is different from yours.
Tip
If your printouts are incorrectly placed on the page or chopped off at the top, bottom, or
sides, or the printer is refusing to print, the most likely cause is page size
incompatibility.
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