On Wednesday 04 May 2005 11:48 am, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote:
> Orson Jones wrote:
> > John Hardy wrote:
> >> Hello;
> >>
> >> There are many places where a dimension must be set, such as
> >> margins, tab stops, indents, line spacing, grid spacing, etc. But
> >> OO only provides two decimal places. This is very limiting. A
> >> simple dimension of .125" or .375" cannot be specified, ending up
> >> as .13" and .38" respectively. Forget about a sixteenth of an inch
> >> (.0625"), since it requires four decimal places. The only way to
> >> achieve higher precision is to change to millimeters or points,
> >> which are much smaller units of measurement to begin with, so two
> >> decimal places can describe a much smaller increment. But the user
> >> should be able to work in his or her preferred unit of
> >> measurement.
> >>
> >>
> >> I would like to see as many as six decimal places. It can't be all
> >> that hard to add this capability. Thank you.
> >>
> >> John Hardy
> >
> > Select the cells that you want to display in higher precision. From
> > the menu, select "Format > Cells..." On the "Numbers" Tab, there is
> > an option for decimal places. Change that to the number of decimal
> > places needed.
>
> [snip]
> My needs are for precision in the row height in tables to facilitate
> the creation of usable label templates. Can't find "Format/Cells"
> anywhere??
>
Right click on any cell. The context menu that opens contains
Format Cells.
What about entering your information in each cell in the Font and
font size of your choosing? Then select all the rows containing this
information by highlighting them. Right click anywhere in the
highlighted rows. Select Optimum Row height . Will this work?
Dan
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