Gee Carl You're a brave man starting two (or maybe three) holy wars in one post:
* top vs. bottom posting * metric vs. imperial * paper sizes. Keith On Wed, 04 May 2005 13:56:17 -0400 Carl Paulsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ah. But when the paper size is in inches and you want to break that > up into specific increments, it's much easier to do so with the > (relatively) clean 8.5" or 11" sizes instead of the 16_??? millimeter > size - note that the millimeter scale get's a bit scrunched up on the > ruler, and is not a pretty sight to work from. For instance, tabs at > 0.5 inches work well on standard Letter size paper. When one is used > to a certain system, no matter how illogical that system is it is it > is still usually easy to work with (particularly if you've ever been > a carpenter ;-) ). > > What bugs me - but it's admittedly not a big deal - is the "feature" > that forces margin, indent, etc. adjustments using the up and down > arrows increment by .02". If you've got a 1.0" margin and you want a > 0.75" margin, you have to type in the new margin b/c incrementing by > 0.02 will never get to .75" from 1.0". OK, again, not a big deal - > I'm not making a feature request - it's just a pet peeve. > > Carl > > PS. Sorry if you're bugged by top posting but it just seems to make > much more sense to me. Much easier to read the next reply than > scrolling down to wherever the next reply starts on a bottom post. > > > Dan Lewis wrote: > > >On Wednesday 04 May 2005 06:34 am, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > > > > > >>John Hardy wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Hello; > >>> > >>>There are many places where a dimension must be set, such as > >>>margins, tab stops, indents, line spacing, grid spacing, etc. But > >>>OO only provides two decimal places. This is very limiting. A > >>>simple dimension of .125" or .375" cannot be specified, ending up > >>>as .13" and .38" respectively. Forget about a sixteenth of an inch > >>>(.0625"), since it requires four decimal places. The only way to > >>>achieve higher precision is to change to millimeters or points, > >>>which are much smaller units of measurement to begin with, so two > >>>decimal places can describe a much smaller increment. But the user > >>>should be able to work in his or her preferred unit of measurement. > >>> > >>>I would like to see as many as six decimal places. It can't be all > >>>that hard to add this capability. Thank you. > >>> > >>> > >>Good thinking! This is really necessary for people who can count > >>beyond 10:-) I'll certainly vote for any issue addressing this > >>requirement. > >> > >>Peter HB > >> > >> > >> > > What is wrong with learning to use what is already there? As I > > have > >mentioned in an earlier post, making changes in hundredths of a > >millimeter is the same as making a change of 0.0003937 inches by > >definition. I live in the US where inches, etc. are the accepted > >measure, but I have learned to use the metric system in OOo when I > >need to do so. It is not that hard when you stop worrying about > >converting from one system to the other. The results are always > >based upon how far along whatever ruler you are using that you want > >to move. The numbers on that ruler are important, but the names of > >the units associated with those numbers are not. For example, if you > >want to more from 3" to 5" on a ruler measured in inches, you do the > >same thing as if you wanted to move from 3 cm to 5 cm on a ruler > >measured in cm. In each case you would move from the 3 to the 5. > > > >Dan > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > -- God bless you, Keith Bates 4 Mooloobar St Narrabri NSW 2390 Phone: 02 67924890 Fax: 02 67925418 www.new-life.org.au If you don't have a reason to live JESUS IS THE ANSWER! Ask him into your life today... He really does make a difference. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
