Re: [SLE] Metrication inches forward {a dummy asks}
From: Johannes Liedtke (lists_at_liedtkeweb.de)
Date: 07/31/03
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To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 12:42:46 +0200
On Thursday 31 July 2003 11:55, Peter Evans wrote:
> I've just about got used to the (semifictional) measurement of monitors
> by diagonals in inches, and the capacity of printers and scanners in
> "dpi" -- but really, for OOo to make "letter size" the default page size
> and to have me adjust its margins in inches is a bit much for me to
> stomach.
You might wanna spend some time going through the OOo-settings under "Tools"
-> "Options", especially the stuff under "Text Document" -> "General" and
"View" let's you choose "centimeters" for measurement.
Then you might wanna edit your default template to be "A4".
> Konqueror is set up for A4 and centimetres, but it refuses to send
> anything to the printer. Could there be a message in that? Is
> SuSEgnuLinux more ruggedly American than 'Doze, so I must learn to love
> these quaint, pre-Napoleonic units? Say it ain't so, and that I've just
> overlooked something simple.
Yes... see above. Dunno what's wrong with your Konq, though.
Hansen
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