On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 11:55:23AM +0100, Frank Nordberg wrote: > Bernard Hill wrote: > > > >I don't think there should be any standard for paper size - you should > >be allowed to specify your own. > > I can symphatize with that view. > > There are some practical issues involved though. For example, when you > post documents on an internet site for the visitors to print out > themselves, you often need them and/or want them to be formatted in one > specific way which means you need to know what paper size the visitor > will print the document on. Having to take two different paper sizes > into account when creating the documents is more than enough of a > time-waster. (In fact this discussion has led me to the conclusion that > I'm not gonna waste more time on that anymore. From now on all PDF files > produced for Musica Viva will be optimalized for A4 prints. If users > want to print on some local/personal paper size, it's their problem, not > mine.)
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