Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: brochure templates for letterand A4 sizes

Hi :)
I have cm in the ruler but seldom take much notice of what it's in.  I just shift tab-stops and 
things until they look about right rather than having a strictly regimented thing.  Same if i'm 
adjusting margins.  I just shift it until it looks about right.  
Regards from
Tom :)  





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> From: webmaster-Kracked_P_P <webmaster@krackedpress.com>
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
> Sent: Friday, 22 February 2013, 1:55
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: brochure templates for letterand A4 sizes
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> I use inches, but I have used "cm" when I needed to create a drawing that used a "scale" of say 1 
> cm per foot or some other thing that was large and needed to fit on a letter size paper, like a 
> building 's network layout to scale.  Try making a building the size of a football field 
> [American-football or soccer-football] onto one letter size page.
>
> But, whenever I work with printed documents and not drawings, I use inches.
>
> I am use to doing it.  The people I deal with are use to it.  If I was going to use picas or any 
> other measurement, they would not understand me.  I have had laid printing type before so I use to 
> deal with typesetting, but that was in the 70's and long before a computer was smaller than a 
> refrigerator and not a desktop item. Now with desktop publishing and all that comes with it, 
> typesetting concepts seem to no longer be something businesses are willing to deal with.  Even 
> professional printer hardly ever use a printing press that uses hand laid type anymore.  It is all 
> computer based and transfered to printing plates via laser and photo methods.
>
> SO
> like most I know, I use whatever is easiest for me to deal with. I know of some people that use 
> metric for most of their work, and they live within a mile or three from me in New York State USA 
> and our inch/foot/yard system.  The same goes with software.  I have not learned draw, yet, since 
> I use other vector-graphics package for too many years to stop now and relearn another free 
> package to do the same.  I use Inkscape for Windows and Linux, and before that I used Corel Draw.
>
> So, if you prefer to use picas, points, or some other measurement, then that is what works the 
> best for you and no one can say their's would be the measurement method over yours.  There are too 
> many people that believe that, even if they can be proven wrong.
>
> But, I also define web page fonts by "points" instead of any other size measurement in my style 
> sheets [.css].  But that is not what was asked.
>
>
> On 02/21/2013 06:19 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote:
> > Let me shift gears slightly.
> >
> > What measurement unit do y'all use in your Writer rulers and margin/spacing settings. I've set 
> > mine to use Picas, which is a traditional unit of measurement for typesetting. It's equal to 1/6 
> > inch and provides for very tight control of a document.
> >
> > Do others use Picas? If not, what are you using?
> >
> > Virgil
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Virgil Arrington
> > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 3:46 PM
> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: brochure templates for letterand A4 sizes
> >
> > > Children throughout the world can do it. Even you could!  You'll
> > never do it until you determine to do so; the only problem is that
> > you haven't yet tried.
> >
> > You're absolutely right, I haven't tried, because I've had no reason to. My
> > system has worked for me (and my fellow Americans) for my entire 57 years on
> > Earth. Until it stops working, I'm quite happy to keep using it.
> >
> > I guess my point is that having something "better" isn't necessarily enough
> > motivation to produce change. I fully agree that the metric system is better
> > than the English. But, my English system works. I fully and accurately
> > measure things every day with it, and I effectively communicate those
> > measurements to others. Until it stops working, I have little motivation to
> > change.
> >
> > Virgil
>
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