Re: [libreoffice-users] scale a Writer document to print on one page

On 07/26/2014 10:54 AM, Mark Bourne wrote:
> Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote:
> > As for your description of A-size - - - 8.5 x 11 inches is not an A
> > size that I have heard of.  It is US Letter.  I have never seen any
> > reference that US Letter described as "A" size. The closest is A4, but
> > A4 is a little narrower and a little taller.
> >
> > B is 11x17 inches - also called Tabloid.
> > Super B is 13x19 inches
> >
> > JB4 - 257x364 mm
> > B5 - 176x250 mm
> > JB5 - 182x257 mm
> >
> > A6 - 105x148 mm
> > A5 - 148x210
> > A4 - 210x297
> > A3 - 297x420
> > A3+ - 330x483 mm
> >
> > These sizes are according to my HP Officejet 7000 wide format printer.
> > Since it does not print larger than Super B, I do not know the actual
> > inches for C or E sizes. [except C6 "Envelope" - 114x162 mm]
>
> http://www.papersizes.org/ is quite handy for looking up paper sizes. 
> It also explains how the ISO (A4 etc.) sizes are actually defined - 
> e.g. A0 has an area of 1 square metre, and aspect ratio of 1:sqrt(2) 
> (which gives it the property that cutting a page in half along it's 
> long edge results in a smaller page of the same aspect ratio), then 
> each subsequent A-series size is derived by cutting the previous size 
> in half.
>
> The US ANSI A, B, C, D and E sizes are not related to the ISO A-, B- 
> and C-series sizes. So ANSI A is nothing to do with ISO A4 (although 
> it happens to be very roughly the same size), and ANSI C nothing to do 
> with ISO C6.
>
> Mark.
Thanks, I will look at the site.


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