Hi Majid, > I want to know about what length units are supported by open document. > The specifications provide many units. I was curious on which ones of > them are actually implemented in Open Office. I am specifically curious > about 'pixel' (px) length unit. Right now, I am using inch unit (for > page width, height, margins etc).
I am not sure if Pixels are implemented (see below), but the logical units - inches, metric units, and the like - should all work, AFAIK. > Also, does anybody know of a general mechanism to transform pixels to > inches. Right now I am using 72 pixels/inch, which seems to work fine > for now. There is no special mechanism, and there cannot be one. "Pixel" is a device-dependent measure. If you say that something is "20 pixels high", then this statement does not really have a value, unless you say which device this refers to. Devices (screen, printer, and so on) have a resolution associated with them, and only this resolution allows you to transform pixels into device-indepdent units such as inches. So when you use 72 pixels/inch, then you implicitly assume that the device which your original coordinates refer to has a resolution of exactly 72 pixels per inch. This might or might not be correct, but nobody can tell without knowing the device. Ciao Frank -- - Frank Schönheit, Software Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/staroffice - - OpenOffice.org Database http://dba.openoffice.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
