On 07/12/2013 09:18 AM, Hans Schmidt wrote: > Am 12.07.2013 13:46, schrieb Gregory Pittman: >> I'm not sure if I understand completely what you're trying to do, but I >> wonder if maybe some horizontal and vertical guides might help your >> construction. >> >> Greg > > Hello, > > yes, I use them. But one problem would be: > > I have to start the card with about 10 mm margin (because my printer > needs a margin). The card itself is 91x55mm. > > So the position would be 10x10mm and the card would therefore end at > 101x65mm. If I then want to insert a text box with a 5mm margin to the > left border of the card, I would have to write 10+5=15mm at the x > position. On the right side I would have to calculate 101-5=96mm. This > is of course not complex, but you always have to make this calculation. > > Therefore I wondered if it weren't possible to use the position > relatively to this 10-10-101-65 box, so that I could just write ?left > position: 5mm?, ?right position: 5 mm? etc. >
It's worth mentioning that the spinboxes can do calculations for you. For example, you might enter 100/2 + 5, or you might edit an existing value to add, subtract or otherwise manipulate it mathematically. Greg
