--- Anthony Fok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 09:31:58AM +0000, Andrew > Dunbar wrote: > > This all sounded great until we defaulted to > inches > > in a metric country. Can somebody check what > other > > word processors' defaults are for en-CA? > > It would be weird to work in metrics for a > Letter-sized paper > because it is exactly 8.5" x 11". > Most people specify things like 1.25" or 1.0" > margin, not 2.54 cm margin. > > BTW, I lived in Canada for some 11 years. Yes, it > is a metric country, > but units like inches are still used day-to-day. > Afterall, Canada > and the U.S. are neighbours. :-) > > I find that in this case, whether to use inches or > cm is very dependent > on the type of paper. Just my 2 cents.
I wonder if it's worth having a third unit setting "smart" or such. This would make metric page sizes show metric rulers and non-metric page sizes show inches. It could be the default setting for Canada. Andrew Dunbar. ===== http://linguaphile.sourceforge.net ________________________________________________________________ Nokia 5510 looks weird sounds great. Go to http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/nokia/ discover and win it! The competition ends 16 th of December 2001.
