Re: Page Breaks - what are they for?

[Chris G <cl isbd net>]

On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 12:05:16PM -0500, Michael Ross wrote:
>    On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Chris G <[1]cl isbd net> wrote:
>
>      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.
>
>    The page breaks are NOT the paper size - they are the paper size minus the
>    margins you have set.
**EXACTLY** !!!!!!!

Paper size - 21cm wide
Margins - 1cm each side

Therefore printable area (as should be shown by the page breaks) is 21cm
minus 2cm which is 19cm.  The page breaks I'm seeing in dia are close to
15cm.  I.e. "paper size minus the margins you have set" *isn't* what I'm
seeing.


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Chris Green