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Preview not available in OpenOfficeCalc

peterpan48 Posted messages 2 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -  
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Hello,
Recently, the "Preview" function is not working in Open Office Calc. I followed the steps described by Mickouk5354, but it doesn’t solve my problem. Preview gives me a gray page.
Note that in my old documents under "View," I have the "Print Layout" option, but if I want to create a new document, I no longer have this option, which is replaced by "Normal." Could this be where the problem lies? I want to clarify that printing is impossible. To get a preview and still print, I resorted to using "Export as PDF," but that’s not a real solution.
Thank you in advance to those who will think about it.

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    OOoForum Posted messages 3871 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   965
     
    To create a blank grid, you must of course divide the cells of the sheet.
    Once done, the preview works.

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    1. peterpan48
       
      From experience, I can tell you that it doesn't work; I've tried it, and I just checked it before responding to you. Best regards.
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      1. OOoForum Posted messages 3871 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   965 > peterpan48
         
        Could you have checked the option: "Ignore empty pages for printing"?
        In this case, it is logical that nothing is displayed since there is nothing to print.
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      2. peterpan48 > OOoForum Posted messages 3871 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         
        Indeed, you are right. However, it doesn't seem logical to me; it's not a blank page since there is indeed a grid to print, even if that grid is empty. In any case, I thank you for looking into this issue, and our discussion will surely be helpful to other users of this forum. Best regards.
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  2. yclik Posted messages 3874 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 609
     
    Hello
    try purging the profile
    press the WINDOWS key (a flag) and R (simultaneously).
    -Then, type %appdata%
    -Look for the OpenOffice or LibreOffice folder
    -Rename it to OldOpenOffice or OldLibreOffice
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  3. peterpan48
     
    Thank you very much for your response, but I am using a Mac.
    I will answer my own question, as it may be useful for some naive users like me. Indeed, the answer is very simple: if no box is filled with characters, numbers, or formulas, the preview is not possible (this is not specified in the OpenOffice help). I wanted to create a blank grid to print, and I had never encountered this problem because I had never created a blank grid! Simply put. A little tip: to still have my blank grid, I had to put a word in one box, and to ensure that this word would not be printed, I wrote it in white font. QED.
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