[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> In a message dated 11/20/2002 8:41:28 AM Eastern Standard Time,
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> >I found the following definition of an inch:
> >
> >1 inch = 2.4 cm
> >
> >
> >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q189826
> >
>
> >From that page came this most interesting paragraph:
>
> To improve its usability, PowerPoint slightly misdefines the size of a centimeter to
>make the invisible gridlines fall at convenient points on the ruler. With this
>conversion, there are 5 picas per centimeter and the gridlines fall at very
>convenient points on the ruler. So convenient, in fact, that working in the metric
>system is really easier than working in the English system. The table below shows how
>much simpler the metric grid is in "PowerPoint centimeters" than in actual
>centimeters.
So, as I understand it, from reading the entire page, it's only the
grid and displayed ruler that are off. Sizing functions for drawing
objects, OLE objects, etc. are correctly measured.
I use StarOffice, which emulates (and usually outperforms) MS Office,
so I'll check this out on there the next chance I get. Historically, the
linux/unix applications seem (in my opinion) to have been much better at
providing, working with, and dealing with metric units than the Win/Mac
OSes and Apps.
Jim
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James R. Frysinger
Lifetime Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist
Senior Member, IEEE
http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj
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