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> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected]
> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 10:12:11 +0000
> Subject: Re: [users] Two questions on open office
>
> On 6 Nov 2007 at 10:43, Uwe Fischer wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > >>> My second question also relates to Open Office 2.3 running on Windows
> > >>> XP and relates back to Open Office 2.1 running on both Windows XP and
> > >>> Fedora Core 5, Open Office 2.1 had a maximum document size of 47.6" x
> > >>> 47.6", Open Office 2.3 Writer allows me to also create documents that
> > >>> big with no problem, however Open Office 2.3 Writer seems to indicate
> > >>> the ability to create documents up to a size of 300" x 300", but when
> > >>> one tries to make documents greater then 47.6" in width (only), it
> > >>> reduces the active/usable horizontal space to between 1 inch and 25
> > >>> inches. Does anyone know how make full use of the 300 inch width? It
> > >>> would certainly improve my online family trees.Jason Wexler
> >
> > that 300 x 300 format is a known issue:
> > http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=81809
> > use another measurement unit as a workaround.
> >
>
> Looking at that bug report, I see one of the developers (jnavrati) has
> created a patch (good) and notes "I've changed a maximum paper
> width/height value to 300 cm. This value is then converted according to
> field's unit. Now, it is possible to set a paper size up to 300cm,
> ....". Excuse me for wondering, but just why exactly is there a
> maximum paper size at all? And what's so magical about "300"
> whatevers???????
>
Thank you for the work around, 300 cm more than doubles my current workspace I
shall write again after I try it and tell you if it works for me.
> I really do have to wonder which planet the developers are on. If I
> happen to want a poster the size of Wembley stadium, and have the
> processor to do it..... well, just why should there be an apparently
> totally arbitrary size limit imposed by the coding team? OK, maybe
> there's a 32-bit resolution somewhere - but if they're working in
> microns even, that still corresponds to over 4km, which is possibly
> enough resolution and size for most people :-)
>
I would point out that processor ability isn't necessarily the issue but
printer capacity is... when I first discovered the 47.6" limit in OOo 2.1 I
said who the hell needs that much space and then a week later when I ran into
it as a barrier I said "gosh 5 more inches would be all I need", and I imagine
as soon as I hit the 300 inch barrier which seems a little inconceivable at
present I will likely say the same about just another 5 inches. However I
suspect I am a rare case indeed and placing a relatively "small" limit on page
width doesn't affect most people. Also I suspect that there has to be a finite
limit to avoid an error in the program, although I imagine that 4 times 10 to
the 54th inches would be an adequate limit as that is the accepted size of the
inflationary universe. Actually that would be interesting could the computer
create a form the size of the universe?
Jason
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