Re: [libreoffice-users] precision of Draw dimensions - 3 place

On 18/11/15 21:52, dave boland wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2015, at 02:13 PM, Brian Barker wrote:
> > At 13:48 18/11/2015 -0500, Dave Boland wrote:
> > > I want to locate a line 1/8-inch (0.125") from the margin. LOD
> > > truncates that to 0.13". Is there a way to get 3-places?
> >
> > Is that LOD as distinct from LOW, LOC, LOI, LOB, etc.?
> >
> > o Go to Tools | Options... | LibreOffice Draw | General | Scale.
> > o Set "Drawing scale" to 1:10.
> > o Locate your line at 1.25".
> >
> > I trust this helps.
>
> Nope.  The line is set to 0.13" from the margin.

Looks like this is a long-standing unfixed issue:

https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=9688
(from 2008)

If you work in mm, the 2 decimal places the GUI so unreasonably forces 
will give a precision of 10μm. Not altogether convenient for the 
"traditionally minded" among us though :-)


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Mike Scott (unet2 <at> [deletethis] scottsonline.org.uk)
Harlow Essex England

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