*cough* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_over_configuration *cough* ;)
Mikkel 2012/6/3 Dan Lewis <[email protected]> > Regina Henschel wrote: > >> Hi Josef, >> >> Josef Latt schrieb: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> think such a feature request is unnecessary and I cannot see any >>> advantage changing this. >>> If someone want to have this, he can create a standard template. >>> >> >> Of cause I can set the column width to 2.5cm in the template and save >> that. But every new document based on that template starts with column >> width 2.27cm. >> >> How do you set the template column width? >> >> Kind regards >> Regina >> > Create a spreadsheet in which all the columns have a width of 2.5cm. > Save it as a template in the template folder of the user folder. File > > Templates > Organize. Open the My Templates folder, right click the > template, and select Set as default template. Close the dialog. > The next time you open a new spreadsheet, the columns should be 2.50cm. > > --Dan > > >>> Regards >>> >>> Am 03.06.2012 08:12, schrieb Niall Martin: >>> >>>> The problem with that comment is what standard other countries are >>>> using. The yard was >>>> an imperial unit, based on a bit of metal kept in London, and until >>>> say Canada and India went >>>> metric, their units were based on that. But in the 80s it was >>>> discovered that the length of the >>>> bit of metal kept in London, the Imperial yard, had been drifting down >>>> over time, and the >>>> legislation was based on an estimate of what that length once had >>>> been. I suppose the USA, >>>> as usual a law unto itself, has done something else, or ignored the >>>> problem, but if it has, its >>>> measurements will still be based on the Imperial yard. (I do know that >>>> their volume >>>> measures are different from the Imperial units, but that is not at >>>> issue here. Though, does >>>> anybody know of another country still using the pound/foot measurement >>>> system?) >>>> >>>> Best wishes >>>> >>>> On 2 Jun 2012 at 19:20, NoOp wrote: >>>> >>>> Send reply to: [email protected] >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> From: NoOp<[email protected]> >>>> Subject: Re: [Calc] Feature request: Change default cell width from >>>> 2,27cm >>>> to 2,50cm >>>> Date sent: Sat, 02 Jun 2012 19:20:58 -0700 >>>> >>>> On 06/02/2012 11:54 AM, Niall Martin wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> 2.54 cm to the inch, it certainly is by law. It follows from >>>>>> legislation in the 80s, I think, which defined the UK yard as 0.9144 >>>>>> metres exactly. If you do your arithmetic that leads to 2.54 cm to >>>>>> the inch, exactly. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Well not *exactly* - it depends upon how many decimal places you'd >>>>> care to use, which country (most do abide by SI Units - BIPM, NIST >>>>> ect), and which law& which reference. >>>>> >>>>> <http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/**SP811/appenB.html<http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/appenB.html> >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> 1 ft = (1200/3937) m >>>>> >>>>> 1200/3937 = 0.3048006096 >>>>> >>>>> =(1200/3937)/12 >>>>> = 0.0254000508 >>>>> >>>>> And of course there is the infamous '0.02540005'... >>>>> >>>>> For legal and practical purposes, in most cases, 1 inch = 2.54 >>>>> centimeters. And yes, I've already responded to Mike regarding this. >>>>> However, please keep in mind that your response is country centric, >>>>> and most likely refers to: >>>>> <http://www.legislation.gov.**uk/ukpga/1985/72/section/1<http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/72/section/1>> >>>>> But that >>>>> "legislation" is (again) country specific and goes back to my original >>>>> comments: You see the problem? You call it tamatoe, I call it >>>>> tomato... >>>>> >>>>> [OT] Btw I pronounce 'River Thames' as th-ames (same as James) insead >>>>> of 'tems/tĕmz/temmz'. I suppose there are several explainations for >>>>> this (none in law that I know of), but I quite like this one: >>>>> <http://www.proto-english.org/**l10.html<http://www.proto-english.org/l10.html>> >>>>> Any yes, all of this has been >>>>> discussed/debated/departed on the old OOo lists. So my recommendation >>>>> is to let it be. >>>>> :-) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Best wishes >>>>>> >>>>>> On 2 Jun 2012 at 8:07, Mike Scott wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Send reply to: [email protected] Date sent: >>>>>> Sat, 02 Jun 2012 08:07:01 +0100 From: Mike Scott >>>>>> <[email protected]> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Subject: Re: [Calc] Feature request: Change default cell >>>>>> width from 2,27cm to 2,50cm >>>>>> >>>>>> On 02/06/2012 05:01, NoOp wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 05/30/2012 03:28 PM, Dwayne Henderson wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Why is the default cell width in OOo 2,27cm? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Actually mine (I suppose you are referring to _column_ width) is: >>>>>>>> 0.89" which works out to be: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 2.2606 cm (1" = 2.540005cm) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ?? IIRC 1 inch is /exactly/ 2.54cm. I've no idea where your figure >>>>>>> might come from! >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Niall Martin >>>> Phone 0131 4678468 >>>> Please reply to: niall<at>rndmartin.cix.co.uk >>>> >>>> > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > ooo-users-unsubscribe@**incubator.apache.org<[email protected]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > ooo-users-help@incubator.**apache.org<[email protected]> > >
