On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 12:26:16PM -0500, Michael Ross wrote: > I probably said that three different ways in the prior messages I sent. I > am not encouraged that you will read my replies with interest. > ... and I'm thinking exactly the same in the other direction! :-)
Surely the page width as shown in dia plus the margins should add up to the actual page width of the A4 paper. It doesn't! That's all I'm saying. > On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Chris G <[1...@isbd.net> wrote: > > 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][2...@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. > -- Chris Green _______________________________________________ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
