On Friday 28 October 2005 04:52 am, Wangshanpo wrote:
> Hello John
> I'm with you on this. It seems such a small thing to correct.
> When I print documents that have large photos the precise setting is
> lost at only 2 decimal places. I too am more familiar with inches and
> I'm not from the US of A - I just happen to be a pre-decimal Brit! (not
> related to the dinosaur as far as I know)
> WSP
>
> John Hardy wrote:
> > Using Writer with a "Measurement Unit" of "Inch":
> >
> > When trying to set a Tab Stop dimension, there is a limit of 2 decimal
> > places. A dimension of .375" (3/8") gets rounded to .38".
> > The same thing happens when trying to set a Grid Resolution dimension.
> > The same thing happens when trying to set a Fixed Line Spacing in
> > Paragraph mode.
> > The same thing happens when setting Margins in Page mode.
> > It seems that wherever a dimension can be specified, it is limited to
> > 2 decimal places. While this is OK for some things, it would be very
> > helpful to have 3 or 4 or 5 decimal places of accuracy available.
> > Storage space is certainly not an issue. Processing power is certainly
> > not an issue. So why the limit of 2 decimal places?
> > I know that greater accuracy can be achieved by using Millimeters or
> > Points as the Measurement Unit with the limit of 2 decimal places
> > because those units are much smaller than an inch. But the user should
> > not have to use a less familiar unit of measurement. The software is
> > supposed to make things like this easier, not harder. How hard could
> > it be to add some decimal places?
> > Thank you.
> > John Hardy
I am from the USA and use "cm" all the time with OOo. If you stop and
think abouit it, all you see on the screen is a bunch of numbers in the
ruler. OOo creates the proper dimensions for the page and margin that you
have set. (I use letter size and portrait.) So all you are doing is making
changes according to the rulers at the top and perhaps the left of your page.
It is not as difficult as you might think to adjust using a different system
of measure. You learn "metric" measuring the same way you learned the
measuring system you are use to: you use it. Measuring is just a matter of
comparing a length against some numbers on a ruler. If you want a more
accurate reading, you use a smaller scale. That is all. That is not all that
hard to do regardless of what system you are using. Try it, you might even
like it.
Dan
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