[users] Margin measurements in decimals and fractions

2009-01-02 Thread Pu Taang Zomi
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Margin measurements in decimals and fractions*

*I use OpenOffice.org 3.0 for Windows Vista Home.

When I go to Format--Page--Margins, I find that 0.79 inch is the default
measurement.

1. How can set the measurement to more than two decimal places, for example,
0.7525 inch?

2. How can I set it to fractions, for example 3/32 inch?
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Re: [users] Margin measurements in decimals and fractions

2009-01-02 Thread Richard Detwiler

Pu Taang Zomi wrote:

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Margin measurements in decimals and fractions*

*I use OpenOffice.org 3.0 for Windows Vista Home.

When I go to Format--Page--Margins, I find that 0.79 inch is the default
measurement.

1. How can set the measurement to more than two decimal places, for example,
0.7525 inch?
  


I don't believe (at least I have not been able to find) that there is 
any way to obtain more precision that two decimal points, when working 
in inches. Thus, the example of 0.7525 does not appear possible, as far 
as I can tell. More precision is available if you work in mm, because 
then you can get down to the nearest 0.01 mm (instead of 0.01 inches). 
So your example of 0.7525 inches would be approximately 19.11 mm. (19.11 
mm = 0.75236 inches, so it doesn't exactly give 0.7525 inches, but it 
comes much closer than rounding to 0.75 inches would).


It is also possible to work in points (1 point = 1/72 inch), and you can 
specify down to 0.1 points (or 0.00139 inches), so that is another way 
of achieving higher precision. However, if you're used to working in 
inches, then working in either mm or points would require some getting 
used to.

2. How can I set it to fractions, for example 3/32 inch?
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I don't believe this is possible either.

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Re: [users] Margin measurements in decimals and fractions

2009-01-02 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook

Pu Taang Zomi wrote:

* Margin measurements in decimals and fractions*

*I use OpenOffice.org 3.0 for Windows Vista Home.

When I go to Format--Page--Margins, I find that 0.79 inch is the
default measurement.

1. How can set the measurement to more than two decimal places, for
example, 0.7525 inch?

2. How can I set it to fractions, for example 3/32 inch? *



Regrettably neither are possible. There is a long standing issue to 
request a fix to this problem, but I suspect that it will receive no 
attention, given that the code originates in a country that thinks the 
metric system is a good thing.


Peter HB

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