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--- Comment #12 from Yousuf (Jay) Philips <philipz85@hotmail.com> ---
(In reply to Regina Henschel from comment #9)
Bugs in OOo about changing the defaults were closed with the hint, that
users can easily set their own default document template.

I think, this demonstrates, that there does not exist a "correct" margin. So
2cm is a neutral start value.

Yes there definitely isnt a "correct" margin that will suit everyones needs,
just like there is no "correct" page size or font size that will suit everyones
needs, but we are looking for a good default that is very common so most users
dont have to change this default, especially novice users (e.g. benjamin) who
wont know how to modify their default template.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APA_style
http://www.apastyle.org/learn/quick-guide-on-formatting.aspx
APA style is a format for academic documents such as journal articles and
books. ... Set uniform margins of at least 1 in. (2.54 cm) on the top, bottom,
left, and right of every page.

http://practicaltypography.com/page-margins.html
https://www.reference.com/education/standard-margins-dd752171075eac9d
Most word proces­sors de­fault to page mar­gins of one inch. On stan­dard 8.5"×
11" pa­per, that pro­duces a line length of 6.5 inches. That’s fine for
type­writer-style mono­spaced fonts, which use a lot of hor­i­zon­tal space.
But for pro­por­tional fonts, one-inch mar­gins are too small. ... At 12 point,
left and right page mar­gins of 1.5–2.0 inches will usu­ally give you a
com­fort­able line length.

Maybe it would be useful to do a poll to see what margins users use in their
documents, and whether their profession dictates these margins.

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