Thank you for the suggestion of changing measure units to centimetres unfortunately my version of OOo didn't like that and still gave me the same problem.
Jason ----------------------------------------> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 09:03:38 -0700> Subject: RE: [users] Two questions on open office>>>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> 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>> _________________________________________________________________> Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy!> http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail and Microsoft Office Outlook – together at last. Get it now. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA102225181033.aspx?pid=CL100626971033 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
