and from the 10C ... we have the definitions ;-) The cubit was the length of the arm [Henry I's] from the tip of the finger to the elbow; this then subdivided into shorter units as the foot, hand (at 4 inches used for expressing the height of horses) finger; added together made longer units as the stride. The yard would be "the distance from the tip of the King's nose to the end of his outstretched thumb".
BTW - just what is A4 - curiously wondering; here, we use 8-1/2" X 11" or legally speaking 16" X 11" from the peanut-gallery's historical corner ;-) BTW 2 - just what is this metric system which the English Kings seem to be using now days ;-) yet they still drive on the left ;-) From: Virgil Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> Date: Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 6:57 AM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice paragraph styles exported to other software/formats? To: Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk>, Info/UX <inf...@gmx.com> Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org A unit of measurement in what is commonly known as the “English” system. Virgil From: Tom Davies Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 7:44 PM To: Info/UX ; Virgil Arrington Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice paragraph styles exported to other software/formats? Hi :) What's an inch? Regards from Tom :) From: Info/UX <inf...@gmx.com> To: Virgil Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> Cc: Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk>; users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, 27 August 2013, 0:22 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice paragraph styles exported to other software/formats? Hahaha. I just wish we could have an agreed standard! ;-) Ryan On 27/08/13 00:15, Virgil Arrington wrote: When will you guys across the pond realize that “normal” letter paper is 8.5 by 11 inches? > > Virgil > From: Tom Davies > Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 7:04 PM > To: Info/UX ; Virgil Arrington > Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice paragraph styles exported to > other software/formats? > Hi :) > Good point about using US-letter! That might make the > biggest difference! > > Even though US-letter is only widely available in the US > and the rest of the world tends to print on A4 it is still fairly rare to find computers set-up to print to A4. That might make more difference than which method you use. > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > > > ______________________________**__ > From: Info/UX <inf...@gmx.com> > To: Virgil Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> > Cc: Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk>; users@global.libreoffice.org > Sent: Monday, 26 August 2013, 23:40 > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice paragraph styles exported to > other software/formats? > > > Thanks, Virgil. > > My documents are similar to yours. One last question > then I'll give you > guys some peace. :-) Would making a page style with > page size "letter" > and with a footer be considered LO specific? I don't > need anything more > intricate than that. > > Thanks for the tip regarding Atlantis. I only have > Linux at home so will > probably stick with LO. > > Thanks again. Your replies have helped a lot. > > Regards, > Ryan > > On 26/08/13 23:29, Virgil Arrington wrote: > >> My documents tend to be *really* basic in terms >> > of formatting. > Typically, they are either legal or academic >> > style papers. I'm a heavy > user of paragraph styles and won't work without >> > them. > >> I tend to do my entire document as an .odt and >> > then at the end convert > to .doc as necessary. I'd use the paragraph >> > styles, but I would avoid > LO specific methods. >> >> Another option is a shareware word processor >> > called Atlantis. It's a > lightweight clone of pre 2007 Word (e.g., no >> > ribbon) with a $35.00 > registration. I often use it when Word >> > compatibility is paramount. It > does nearly everything *exactly* like Word. I >> > honestly don't know why > MS hasn't sued them, it's that close. It >> > doesn't support tables, but > other than that, it will handle simple formats >> > very well and will > produce a result that Word should read fairly >> > well. > >> Virgil >> >> From: Info/UX >> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 5:38 PM >> To: Tom Davies >> Cc: Virgil Arrington ; users@global.libreoffice.org >> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice >> > paragraph styles exported > to other software/formats? >> >> Thanks, Tom, Virgil. >> >> If I wanted to use different text body styles >> > throughout I would > probably have made new styles and called them >> > text body 1, 2, etc. > Luckily nothing like that is needed in this >> > case. But I have created my > simple template with basic paragraph and page >> > styles. > >> So, in trying to process the information in >> > both of your replies, I feel > I now have two options: (1) Keep with the MS >> > formats (.docx, but .doc if > possible) and format with minimal use of LO's >> > special features (even so, > I'd rather use styles than format everything >> > manually), (2) Start a > blank .odt and copy and paste my article >> > content and load the styles > from my template and save to doc later (and >> > maybe then to docx on a > windows machine). >> >> Which method do you think would give the best >> > results? The priority is > for the finished pieces to look consistent in >> > MS Word... and also allow > other people to edit the .docs in Word with >> > minimal quirky things > going on. >> >> Thanks for all this advice. >> >> Regards, >> Ryan >> >> On 26/08/13 21:18, Tom Davies wrote: >> >>> Hi :) >>> If you can use MS Office to do some final >>> >> proof-reading then you are > unlikely to have any problems. >>> >>> We have been assuming that is not possible >>> >> and that would make the > final outcome uncertain. Being able to >>> >> quickly scroll through before > sending it out into the world kinda >>> >> eliminates that uncertainty. > >>> If you can keep all your 'originals' in Odt >>> >> format and then at the > end convert to Doc format then you should >>> >> find that there are no > surprises. >>> >>> >>> Virgil seems to be talking about a very >>> >> specific set of styles or > method of using styles. He is talking >>> >> about changing styles (such as > changing the font of "text body") on >>> >> different pages within the same > document. If you need to do that it might >>> >> be worth creating > duplicates of the styles and then modifying >>> >> the duplicates? I'm not > sure how to deal with that but Virgil has >>> >> probably found a > work-around if needed. >>> >>> >>> I would keep copies of >>> >> photos/images/art/logos near the original Odts > just in case you do run into problems. LO >>> >> does have an extremely > rare intermittent bug that is difficult to >>> >> pin down but seems to be > getting rarer and rarer as code clean-up >>> >> goes on. You know that you > can rename files from .Odt or .DocX to .Zip >>> >> and then double-click to > see the Xml coding inside along with >>> >> folders for various things such > as images. Sometimes it can be a neat way >>> >> to fix problems but it's a > bit risky. The Xml tags and such are very >>> >> different in the 2 formats > so just renaming .Odt to .DocX might create >>> >> fairly serious problems. > Stick with the "Save As ...". the Doc >>> >> format doesn't open in that > way and doesn't hold images in an image >>> >> format which is another > reason i suggest keeping a copy of images >>> >> nearby. > >>> Also i have sometimes found that mysterious >>> >> things happen during the > course of a Word document. So to save >>> >> myself a lot of time i tend to > start with a fresh new Odt and then use >>> Ctrl Shift v >>> to paste in "unformatted text" and then >>> >> apply styles (and maybe > modfied the styles after to watch the mod >>> >> ripple through the > document). Occasionally i have wanted to >>> >> "just do something quickly" > and then been frustrated by some weird bit >>> >> of insane MS formatting > that just keeps throwing up problems until >>> >> i relent and do the "start > again from scratch" approach which has then >>> >> typically taken just a > few minutes even if the problem seemed >>> >> intractable. > >>> Regards from >>> Tom :) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------** ------------------------------**------------ > *From:* Info/UX <inf...@gmx.com> >>> *To:* Virgil Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> >>> *Cc:* users@global.libreoffice.org >>> *Sent:* Monday, 26 August 2013, 19:23 >>> *Subject:* Re: [libreoffice-users] >>> >> LibreOffice paragraph styles > exported to other software/formats? >>> >>> Thanks, Virgil. >>> >>> I can probably alter any lists when I work >>> >> in an MS environment at the > final stage of formatting. >>> >>> Regarding page formatting — I'm wondering >>> >> if I use slightly more > advanced features of LibreOffice to get my >>> >> results whether it would > cause more problems when working in Word. I >>> >> am trying to keep the > process relatively simple. The articles >>> >> only need to have consistent > fonts and spacing and perhaps one page >>> >> break for the bibliographies. I > have starting created a LibreOffice >>> >> template with customised paragraph > styles and some changes to the page style. >>> >> I was planning to apply this > to the .docs. As long as 90% or so of my >>> >> formatting would transfer to > Word, I don't mind making some manual >>> >> adjustments at that stage. > >>> Thanks, >>> Ryan >>> >>> On 26/08/13 13:00, Virgil Arrington wrote: >>> > In my experience, most paragraph >>> >> styles tend to translate well to > > MS-Word formats. However, I've had >>> >> problems with the alignment of > > automatic numbering and/or bullets. LO >>> >> and MSW seem to align them > > differently. >>> > >>> > One bigger difference, however, is the >>> >> way the two formats handle page > > formatting. LO uses page styles to >>> >> change formatting from one page to > > another, whereas Word does not. It >>> >> uses section breaks to make such > > page formatting changes, and I've >>> >> found discrepancies in translating > > page formatting between the two. >>> > >>> > Virgil >>> > >>> > From: Info/UX >>> >> > Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 1:38 PM >>> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org <mailto:users@global.** >>> libreoffice.org <users@global.libreoffice.org>> >>> > Subject: [libreoffice-users] >>> >> LibreOffice paragraph styles exported to > > other software/formats? >>> > >>> > Hello, >>> > >>> > Apologies if this is a basic question. >>> >> I've been given some > documents to >>> > format according to certain style >>> >> guidelines. The files are mostly > .docx >>> > and .doc and must be sent off in this >>> >> format. I work only with > > LibreOffice. My questions is, if I >>> >> format the articles using paragraph > > and page styles rather than just >>> >> directly changing the format in the > > body of the document, will the >>> >> formatting be maintained when the > > documents are opened in MS Office? I >>> >> am not concerned with small > > discrepancies that can be tweaked >>> >> later on, rather whether this method > > of formatting generally transfers >>> >> well. Again, sorry if it's a silly > > question. >>> > >>> > Many thanks. >>> > Ryan >>> > >>> >>> -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted