Hi :) I have cm in the ruler but seldom take much notice of what it's in. I just shift tab-stops and things until they look about right rather than having a strictly regimented thing. Same if i'm adjusting margins. I just shift it until it looks about right. Regards from Tom :)
>________________________________ > From: webmaster-Kracked_P_P <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Friday, 22 February 2013, 1:55 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: brochure templates for letterand A4 sizes > > >I use inches, but I have used "cm" when I needed to create a drawing that used >a "scale" of say 1 cm per foot or some other thing that was large and needed >to fit on a letter size paper, like a building 's network layout to scale. >Try making a building the size of a football field [American-football or >soccer-football] onto one letter size page. > >But, whenever I work with printed documents and not drawings, I use inches. > >I am use to doing it. The people I deal with are use to it. If I was going >to use picas or any other measurement, they would not understand me. I have >had laid printing type before so I use to deal with typesetting, but that was >in the 70's and long before a computer was smaller than a refrigerator and not >a desktop item. Now with desktop publishing and all that comes with it, >typesetting concepts seem to no longer be something businesses are willing to >deal with. Even professional printer hardly ever use a printing press that >uses hand laid type anymore. It is all computer based and transfered to >printing plates via laser and photo methods. > >SO >like most I know, I use whatever is easiest for me to deal with. I know of >some people that use metric for most of their work, and they live within a >mile or three from me in New York State USA and our inch/foot/yard system. >The same goes with software. I have not learned draw, yet, since I use other >vector-graphics package for too many years to stop now and relearn another >free package to do the same. I use Inkscape for Windows and Linux, and before >that I used Corel Draw. > >So, if you prefer to use picas, points, or some other measurement, then that >is what works the best for you and no one can say their's would be the >measurement method over yours. There are too many people that believe that, >even if they can be proven wrong. > >But, I also define web page fonts by "points" instead of any other size >measurement in my style sheets [.css]. But that is not what was asked. > > >On 02/21/2013 06:19 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: >> Let me shift gears slightly. >> >> What measurement unit do y'all use in your Writer rulers and margin/spacing >> settings. I've set mine to use Picas, which is a traditional unit of >> measurement for typesetting. It's equal to 1/6 inch and provides for very >> tight control of a document. >> >> Do others use Picas? If not, what are you using? >> >> Virgil >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Virgil Arrington >> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 3:46 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: brochure templates for letterand A4 >> sizes >> >>> Children throughout the world can do it. Even you could! You'll >> never do it until you determine to do so; the only problem is that >> you haven't yet tried. >> >> You're absolutely right, I haven't tried, because I've had no reason to. My >> system has worked for me (and my fellow Americans) for my entire 57 years on >> Earth. Until it stops working, I'm quite happy to keep using it. >> >> I guess my point is that having something "better" isn't necessarily enough >> motivation to produce change. I fully agree that the metric system is better >> than the English. But, my English system works. I fully and accurately >> measure things every day with it, and I effectively communicate those >> measurements to others. Until it stops working, I have little motivation to >> change. >> >> Virgil >> >> > > >-- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
