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.
>
