On 17/08/07, Johnny Rosenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I have adjusted line thicknesses many times before, but this time I
> noticed
> something odd. I am talking about right clicking on a rectangle, selecting
> Lines and then trying to adjust its thickness. As I remember it I always
> adjusted this in millimeters before, but suddenly it is inches!
>
> I checked Tools - Options and whrever I looked everything was set to
> millimeters, so why does this parameter show up in inches?
>
> The document was created in Windows XP, edited in Ubuntu 7.04 and Windows
> XP
> (edited from an USB mp3 player) and now it is finally back on my
> ext3-partition. No matter I used Windows XP or Ubuntu, the line thickness
> was in inches. Everything else in millimeters as it should (since I set it
> to millimeters).
>
> Bug? Or is there another parameter to set that I couldn't find? I could
> also
> accept pica or points.
>
>
> Johnny Rosenberg
>

Don't know how it happened but you can enter the units you want directly
after the actual size. So, for example, you could enter  ".03cm" (without
the quotes) into the line-size box.

 See the Help under Units>Measurement Units for details.


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