The only problem with taking the Windows default, is that it doesn't give you a choice between millimeters and centimeters. I very much prefer millimeters for any sort of page layout, and the default seems to give centimeters. So I use the individual preferences in Word, or in this case Acrobat.
But that's a fault of Windows, which should be fixed! Nat > 2002-05-12 > > Just wait until you get the bill! LOL! > > I think Adobe could do better by either choosing the units used in the > Regional Settings of Windows, if the reader is installed on a Windows > system, or not displaying units at all. The only time it is necessary to > know what the page size is, is when it has to be printed. Then acrobat > reader can select the default size from the printer set-ups and scale the > document to fit the page, if the document was originally in a format other > than that which the printer is set-up for. > > Or, the user can set something up in the preferences to ask each > time. This > way we aren't forced to see FFU as a default. Make it more neutral. > > John > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, 2002-05-12 11:17 > Subject: [USMA:20025] RE: Fwd: Adobe > > > > > Of Nat Hager III > > > You need to launch Acrobat independently from Start Menu, > > > > Thanks to everybody who helped. It certainly was not clear to me how to > > do it, especially since I use their setting which is to run it in IE. I > > sent a message to adobe on their feedback form on this topic. It really > > should be mm as the default. They could also allow the change to be done > > simply by clicking right there where the units are displayed. > > > > -- > > Terry Simpson > > Human Factors Consultant > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.connected-systems.com > > Phone: +44 7850 511794 > > > > >
