Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > Dan Lewis wrote: > [cut] > >> Then don't complain about accuracy. It is there, but as you say, you have >> chosen not to use it as a matter of principle. Remember that OOo was >> originally a German office suite which Sun Microsystems bought. That means >> the basis for all measurements within the suite is metric. > > I hope you are wrong and that internal, as opposed to user interface, > measurements are more intelligent than that. Something along the lines of > points > and picas would be sensible.
Writer "internally" uses twips (=1/20 point) as a unit, other OOo apps use 1/100 mm. Ciao, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer (mba) - Project Lead OpenOffice.org Writer OpenOffice.org Engineering at Sun: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS Please don't reply to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". I use it for the OOo lists and only rarely read other mails sent to it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
