Make page width match the window size?

Is there anyway to make it so that the page width will match the size of your libre writer window? Eg see in this gif when I change the size of the window the white page remains static size, id like it to uaotmaitcally match up [horizontally] with the size of my window, is that possible? https://gfycat.com/ShimmeringDisgustingDeviltasmanian

No.

Writer is not a screen composer but a document processor. Text and other illustrations are intended to be laid out in page(s) whose properties, among them sheet size, are defined in a page style.

If your goal is only to see your document content without the page restriction, View>Web. However, this will not modify the page style parameters. Also be aware then many formatting properties will not work as usual.

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…and would’t change zoom factor. This can be good or bad.

No automated option, but…

  • You can do it with three clicks:

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  • You can do it with two clicks (first one with the secondary button):

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  • You can do it with a keystroke (if you change window size quite frequently, maybe it could be handy to create a shortcut key to do that):
  1. Choose menu Tools - Customize… - Keyboard tab
  2. In the Functions field type page width
  3. Select a shortcut key (F4 are empty in my system)
  4. Click the buttons Modify, and OK

Tested with LibreOffice 6.4.7.2 (x86); OS: Windows 6.1.


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Hello,

yes - View -> Zoom -> Page Width