on 2005-03-21 11.55, Scott Hudnall at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Most US universities and colleges require that students submit written papers > in one of only a handful of style formats � such as APA, MLA, Chicago, or > Columbia. The style books specify margin formats in inches only. Perhaps a few > of you academic types here with connections on campuses could persuade the APA > or MLA to join the rest of us here in the 21st century?
Dear Scott, Some time ago, After I changed the default settings in MS Word to millimetres, I noticed that all new pages were routinely set at the default for page margins (25.4 top and bottom and 31.7 millimetres on each side). I now routinely reset these to 20 millimetres all round and it took a while for me to realise that this meant that I was getting an increase in the usable paper that I calculate to be up by just under 25 %. This could add to quite large savings by any group or company that uses a lot of paper. Cheers, Pat Naughtin ASM (NSAA), LCAMS (USMA)* PO Box 305, Belmont, Geelong, Australia Phone 61 3 5241 2008 Pat Naughtin is the editor of the free online monthly newsletter, 'Metrication matters'. You can subscribe by going to http://www.metricationmatters.com and clicking on 'Newsletter'. * Pat is the editor of the 'Numbers and measurement' chapter of the Australian Government Publishing Service 'Style manual � for writers, editors and printers', he is an Accredited Speaking Member (ASM) with the National Speakers Association of Australia, and a Lifetime Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist (LCAMS) with the United States Metric Association. This email and its attachments are for the sole use of the addressee and may contain information that is confidential and/or legally privileged. This email and its attachments are subject to copyright and should not be partly or wholly reproduced without the consent of the copyright owner. Any unauthorised use of disclosure of this email or its attachments is prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please immediately delete it from your system and notify the sender by return email.
