Thanks Martin, I will incorporate that idea when I next revise my article.
Cheers, Pat Naughtin PO Box 305, Belmont, 3216 Geelong, Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.metricationmatters.com On 2007 02 1 6:22 AM, "Martin Vlietstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I 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 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> To: U.S. Metric Association <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> Cc: U.S. Metric Association <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> 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 >> >> Pat Naughtin is the editor of the free online monthly newsletter, >> 'Metrication matters'. >> You can subscribe at http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter >> >> Pat is also recognised as a Lifetime Certified Advanced Metrication >> Specialist (LCAMS) with the United States Metric Association. He is also >> editor of the 'Numbers and measurement' section of the Australian Government >> Publishing Service 'Style manual for writers, editors and printers'. He is >> a Member of the National Speakers Association of Australia and the >> International Federation for Professional Speakers. See: >> http://www.metricationmatters.com >> >> 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. >> >> >>> >>> >> >
