On 14/05/06 2:29 AM, "Michael Payne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think 30 mm is far to wide for the side margins. I use 15 mm, even 20 mm > would be better. I use 20 mm for the bottom and top, also A4 paper, my > daughter even does her homework on A4, the teachers have questioned it, she > tells them it's what her Dad buys and it's all we have in the printer. No > problem so far, they've accepted it. > > Mike Payne > Potomac Falls > Virginia Dear Mike, I have just done a quick calculation. Suppose that I am currently using A4 paper with 25 mm margins - top and bottom -- and 30 mm margins on each side. (I chose these values because I think that these are close to the inch defaults that MS Word provides). This gives me a working area of 150 mm x 247 mm or 37 050 square millimetres. Suppose I take your suggestion and use 20 mm margins all round, I now have a working area of 170 x 257 or 43 690 square millimetres. The latter is approximately 18 % more working area than the former. Another way of saying this is to say that I will save close to 1 piece of paper in every five or almost 100 sheets from every ream. By the way, since your daughter's work sheet on A4 is 18 mm longer than all the other kids, her homework is already 'outstanding' even before anyone reads it! Cheers, Pat Naughtin PO Box 305 Belmont 3216 Geelong, Australia 61 3 5241 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.metricationmatters.com P.S. Thanks for sharing your millimetre handout.
