I don't know which word processing program Bill is using on his Apple
computer (there are at least several available), but OpenOffice allows
millimeters as well as centimeters. The user chooses and then it stays
that way unless changed again. See
http://www.openoffice.org/
OpenOffice provides versions that can run on Mac OS x86 and Mac OS PPC.
Versions are also available for Linux. The cost is zero; this is open
source freeware.
Jim
Bill Hooper wrote:
On Jun 19 , at 4:47 PM, Pierre Abbat wrote:
I have yet to see a word processor or page layout program that allows
me to
specify the type size in millimeters. And when I write a program to
generate
PostScript (usually for graphing something), I have to start every
page by
changing the scale to millimeters.
Apple does it! (Well, almost - it allows centimetres but not millimetres
- Sorry Pat Naughtin.)).
My Apple PAGES word processor allows me to set the units for the rulers
on my pages to either inches, centimetres, points or pikas. Naturally, I
set it to centimetres. Now, anytime I call up the rulers, they are in
cm. Most other sizes relevant to the document are also in centimetres.
(A few inexplicably are in points.)
Once I have done that, I can specific margins etc. in centimetres.
(Initially all the margins are shown to be 2.54 cm!) I specify metric,
using 2 cm margins all around) and save the page as a template.
There is another preference that allows me to specify any template as
the default style. I have done this (once), setting my default style to
be my metric template. Now anytime I open a blank page to begin using
the word processor, everything is metric.
Bill Hooper
1810 mm tall
Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA
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