That's one I do all the time. In Word for proposals/reports/whatever: 25 mm margins on each side, 165 mm in the center for the text. 160 mm for a full-size figure, 80 mm for 2 half-size figures.
In Word I use the ruler at the top in millimeters, for graphics I use a program called calipers http://www.iconico.com/caliper/v3upgrade.aspx in which you can custom-set the units to millimeters. Been doing it that way for years. Nat -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David King Sent: Wednesday, 2004 December 08 18:22 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:31631] Re: Fwd: metricUSA Project Maybe instead of using inches there you could have used cm or mm. US standard paper size I know as Letter size, which I know as 216 by 279 mm, rather than inch measurements. But I guess you were referring to that, but in inches I don't know what the size is. Besides, I think the size in inches is approx anyway? David King ** Get Fast Broadband from �14.99 ** http://tinyurl.com/5y7mf Excellent web hosting and email http://www.1and1.co.uk/?k_id=3899401 Jim Elwell wrote: >At 8 12 04, 03:01 PM, David King wrote: > > >>What a pity it was not on a metric sized page! >> >>David King >> >> > >Two comments: > >(a) The original attachment was a DOC file; I converted it to a PDF. I >don't know Word well enough to know if the original was in a particular >size (my word processor of choice is WordPerfect). > >(b) As has been pointed out here before, paper sizes are NOT part of >the SI standard. Sure, some countries that use SI metric tend to use A4 >"letter size" paper, but many other "standards" are out there, both >metric and otherwise. > >Personally, I go back on forth on the "metric" paper issue. Since I am >involved in a lot of printing, I know that the size of paper of most >mass printed documents (i.e., from a commercial printer, not our of our >personal computer printers, such as newspapers, documents, mass >mailings, catalogs, etc.) is NOT the size of the paper on which the >document is printed. > >For example, I assist with printing Metric Today, which has an A4 >finished size. But, it is folded in half, so it has an A3 trim size. >But, like all printed material, it is really printed on oversize paper >then trimmed to size. I think the master sheets are about 20x26" >(two-up), but it really does not matter. If we printed in really large >volumes, it would be done four-up and the original sheets would be even >larger. > >Given all this, I have a hard time getting too worked up about "metric" >paper. As much as I've converted QSI to metric, this is something I've >never bothered with, and we use 8-1/2x11 paper in our printers. > >Our QSI catalog is intentionally designed for a final trim size of 11" >high by 210 mm wide, so it fits anyone's filing system. > >Jim Elwell > > >Jim Elwell, CAMS >Electrical Engineer >Industrial manufacturing manager >Salt Lake City, Utah, USA >www.qsicorp.com > > > >
