Re: Page Breaks - what are they for?

[Chris G <cl isbd net>]

On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 04:06:03PM +0100, Maciej Jaros wrote:
> Chris G (2010-12-29 14:17):
> > > > It took me a while to realise that the solid blue lines *were* the Page
> > > > Breaks and that I could remove them using the Preferences settings.
> > > > That's good as I find them distracting because they sit very close
> > > > to some of the major grid lines on my system.
> > > >
> > > > However I also don't understand what they're for, they don't appear to
> > > > indicate actual paper size blocks on the diagram, on my system they seem
> > > > to be just over 15cm wide (hence the blue line is very close to the 15cm
> > > > grid line) and 24cm high.  The default paper size on my system is A4 so
> > > > those dimensions are nothing like the paper size.
> > > Page Break lines indicate where will the page end if you will print
> > > your diagram. You can change settings in Page Setup.
> > Yes, but that's the issue/problem.  In Page Setup it says I'm using A4
> > paper which is 21cm x 29.7cm but the page breaks are marked on my
> > diagram at 15cm x 24cm.  The margins aren't *that* wide!  :-)
>
> Sorry, but I would suggest you use a calculator.
I'm not *quite* that silly (not to do the sums first I mean).

The blue lines on my on screen diagram show 'pages' 15.4 x 24.0 cm.

Page Setup shows:-
    Paper Size - A4 - 21 x 29.7cm
    Top margin - 14.35mm
    Bottom margin 14.35mm
    Left margin 10.00mm
    Right margin 10.00mm

Now my simple arithmetic says that 15.4cm + 10.00mm + 10.00mm is 17.4cm,
quite a lot less than A4's 21cm wide.  Similarly the height is 24cm +
14.35mm + 14.35mm which is a less than A4's 29.7cm high.

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Chris Green