Re: area in square millimetresI usually set my left margin to 30 mm and the
right to 15 mm. This allows space for somebody to punch some hole and put the
final document in a folder.
----- Original Message -----
From: Pat Naughtin
To: U.S. Metric Association
Cc: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 6:58 AM
Subject: [USMA:37908] Re: area in square millimetres
On 2007 01 27 2:11 PM, "Bill Hooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
how about measuring the areas of floor tiles, are sheets of writing
paper? Is there an appropriate unit not as huge as the square metres but not
so tiny as the square millimetre?
Dear Bill,
I recently confronted this issue when I was writing about saving paper by
setting the default margins in a word processor.
I wanted to compare the different working areas available with different
margin settings. I chose to use millimetres and square millimetres even though
this was not the most immediate and obvious choice for the area of a piece of
office paper. Other people might have chosen centimetres and square centimetres
for example.
As the work proceeded I became quite happy with my choice of units because,
even though the numbers were large, there were no fractions so comparisons and
calculations were relatively easy.
I have attached a copy of this two page article for your judgement as to how
the choice of square millimetres works for you. This is a pdf file as I seem to
recall that you had trouble previously with getting a MS Word file from me.
I have also placed a version of this article on the Metrication matters web
site. You will find the article, 'Page borders - inches or millimetres' at
http://www.metricationmatters.com/articles It is a two page article that
explores the cost of your simple decision about the size of the margins that
you (and/or other people) choose for your computer paper printout.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
PO Box 305, Belmont, 3216
Geelong, Australia
Phone 61 3 5241 2008
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