On 2010/12/13, at 13:45 , [email protected] wrote: > "The Apple "Pages" program does not allow millimetres as an option for page > layout even though in many publishing houses and advertising agencies, > millimetres are regarded as an industry standard because, as we know, > millimetres means no fractions."
> Are you sure about that? Yes, I am sure about that. That is why I wrote it. > What do you call, .25 mm? I don't call it anything. In laying out a page I have never had any need to go beyond an accuracy of 1 millimetre. Almost always, in our publishing business, we design pages to fit the "A series" of paper sizes that are specified in millimetres. Cheers, Pat Naughtin LCAMS Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, see http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html Hear Pat speak at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lshRAPvPZY PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com for more metrication information, contact Pat at [email protected] or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe.
