Bug 64396

Summary: VIEWING: forms, all became very large (using XP)
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: David England <office>
Component: BaseAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG    
Severity: normal CC: jmadero.dev, miguelangelrv, robert
Priority: medium    
Version: 4.0.2.2 release   
Hardware: Other   
OS: Windows (All)   
Whiteboard: BSA
Crash report or crash signature: Regression By:

Description David England 2013-05-09 16:14:21 UTC
Problem description: All my Forms suddenly became very large, so only a small portion is visible. Ps, how to I fix it?

Note: I transferred the database to Windows 7 where Forms work OK, so the problem relates to XP

Note: LibreOffice was recently installed for me by an IT specialist. I had previously given up on OpenOffice after years of successful use.

Steps to reproduce:
1. the problem first arose when building my first report with 4.0.2.2, where the problem also persists
2. ....
3. ....

Current behavior: Forms far too large to fit the screen

Expected behavior: Forms to fit the screen, as designed

              
Operating System: Windows XP
Version: 4.0.2.2 release
Comment 1 m_a_riosv 2013-05-09 21:35:01 UTC
Hi David,
maybe a too high zoom?
Comment 2 Robert Großkopf 2013-05-10 08:46:04 UTC
Must be a problem by the zoom. 
Base-Forms will take the last zoom of a writer-document. When you have zoomed in in a writer-document to 200%, close LO and open later a database, the forms will appear at 200%.
Two methods to get the forms smaller:
Open a writer-document. Zoom to 100%. Close the writer-document. Close LO. Open a database: Forms will appear at 100%.
Second method works directly: Press the CTRL-Key and scroll with the mouse.

If this works for you please set this bug to "resolved" and "notabug"
Comment 3 Joel Madero 2013-05-10 18:30:54 UTC
Please attach a document also so we can see. A screenshot also helps. 

Marking as NEEDINFO - once you attach requested things mark as UNCONFIRMED and we will check to see how the forms appear on XP vs. 7 vs. Linux
Comment 4 David England 2013-05-11 14:03:46 UTC
Thank you to mariosv, robert@familiegrosskopf.de, and Joel Madero for introducing me to the zoom facility. A 100% zoom cleared the problem. However, it is strange that zoom, once it is set somehow, remains set across all Forms until explicitly reset. Thanks again.
Comment 5 Robert Großkopf 2013-05-11 17:42:02 UTC
So we can set this report to "Resolved" and "Notabug". 
Could be a good idea to open a new bug as feature request (Importance: medium enhancement): Forms should be opened in the zoom-factor they had been created with.