In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Frank Nordberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Bernard Hill wrote: >> >> I don't think there should be any standard for paper size - you should >> be allowed to specify your own. > >I can symphatize with that view. > >There are some practical issues involved though. For example, when you >post documents on an internet site for the visitors to print out >themselves, you often need them and/or want them to be formatted in one >specific way which means you need to know what paper size the visitor >will print the document on. Having to take two different paper sizes >into account when creating the documents is more than enough of a >time-waster. (In fact this discussion has led me to the conclusion that >I'm not gonna waste more time on that anymore. From now on all PDF files >produced for Musica Viva will be optimalized for A4 prints. If users >want to print on some local/personal paper size, it's their problem, not >mine.) >
Personally I would commend 8.25" x 11" for documents. That's the narrowest dimensions of both Letter size and A4. So it will fit on both documents. Speaking of PDF - does anyone know why when I print *any* PDF file from within Acrobat then the size is set to 8.5x11 and can't be changed? Bernard Hill Selkirk, Scotland To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
