At 15:00 06/02/2008 +1300, Josie Rohde wrote:
I am using 2.3 version of OpenOffice.org. My problem is in trimming photos, which I want to do in 1mm stages. I have followed the OpenOffice instructions "Selecting Measurement Units" and have thus changed the units for OpenOffice.org Draw from the cm units to the mm units. However I find I can still not actually trim in one or two mm at the time - the cut is in huge jumps, so I find I cannot get anywhere near trimming as closely as I want to.
I think you are missing the point of the setting for measurements units: this is intended just to change the displayed units, not to affect the sensitivity with which you can make edits.
Are you using the Crop button and the Crop dialogue box? If so, you are not limited just to using the "spin button" controls - which indeed change things in rather large steps. Instead, you can edit the values in the boxes by typing numbers there, to be interpreted in the units you have selected. You can even type values in other units, if you include the unit in the typing: after a pause, you will see the value you have entered converted into your default units.
I trust this helps. Brian Barker --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
