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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Oct  7 05:15:07 -0700 
2005 -------
In the case of Fajar Priyanto (Indonesia?), it appeared that there was a
confusion in the term "legal" size. It seems that he mistakenly referred to
'legal' the actual papersize he was printing on was 8.5"x13" (which is Folio). 

Same case for us in the Philippines: when somebody makes a typical legal
contract or anything that needs to be notarized (for any purpose), it is almost
always written on a FOLIO papersize (8.5" X 13") - our local "legal size"
commonly known as "LongBond paper". So every first-time user of wordprocessor or
spreadsheet (eg. MSOffice, Openoffice etc,) will normally make the same mistake
- in the absence of a 'choice' to click on with the mouse.

Lettersize (8.5x11) & Folio (8.5x13) are the two most commonly used papersizes
in the Philippines, in school and government, (and probably to some neighboring
asian countries). 

How about including "Folio 8.5 x 13" as part of the Format-Page-PaperFormat menu
in OpenOffice.org? That way, there will be lesser confusion since the actual
papersize (8.5 x 13) is clearly indicated. (...for the sake of some countries in
this part of the world using that papersize) 

>From experience, it is very hard teaching (our common people) the concept of
"templates". They would rather let you print for them, than change the default
setting. Every new trainee in our office/students had at some point made that
mistake, using "legal" when they were actually referring to Folio - which must
be custom-set every time. 

I hope OpenOffice.org can consider this local/specific needs of some countries. 

Regards,
Rally de Leon
Philippines

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