Using OpenOffice.org, is there a way to print not only the content, but also the comments for a document?

There sure is.

Tools -> Options -> OpenOffice Writer -> Print Tab

Under the "Notes" section, change "None" to whatever comments you wish to print, such as "end of page".

John T

Posted 2009-07-21T00:42:57.073

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I did that and they still don't show up in the print preview. – Thomas Owens – 2009-07-21T00:48:16.750

Perhaps it matters that the comments point at various sections in the document? I'm not entirely sure, but they reside in a bar to the right of the page, with arrows that point at the text. I suppose I could copy the text of the note out, but that seems like a waste of effort. – Thomas Owens – 2009-07-21T00:50:50.997

That's very weird, that works for me. If all else fails you can try Word viewer 2003: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=95E24C87-8732-48D5-8689-AB826E7B8FDF&displaylang=en

– John T – 2009-07-21T00:50:55.833

I tried printing a page - no notes were printed. – Thomas Owens – 2009-07-21T00:54:19.393

Using the Word viewer worked. I am still interested in getting OpenOffice.org to print these notes, however, at least for future reference. – Thomas Owens – 2009-07-21T00:57:17.443

1It works for me in OpenOffice.org 3.2.0, but it did not work immediately the first time - I had to keep fooling with the settings (not sure what suddenly made it work, I was playing with a bunch of things on that Options|Writer|Print screen). Notes do not show up in the Print Preview, but do show up when printed. – CatamountJack – 2009-12-27T21:44:23.640

Using OpenOffice.org, is there a way to print not only the content, but also the comments for a document?

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