Re: Probs with column symbols, margin sizes, us dictionary notification

From: John Selby (a.selby@paradise.net.nz)
Date: Mon May 26 2003 - 06:02:21 EDT

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    At 07:25 PM 25-5-2003 +0100, you wrote:
    >
    >Hi,
    >
    >I'm a newbie trying out Abiword (v 1.05) for the first time (in winxp) and
    >very much want to like it. However I've come across what are probably
    >simple problems already. I've tried to 'search' for the answers but am
    >probably not asking the right questions so am appealing to human help 'out
    >there'.

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    >Thirdly, whenever I try to change margin sizes in Page Setup I get
    >notification that the margins selected are too large to fit on the page,
    >even if I keep to the default settings and not change anything, i.e. while
    >just viewing the margin settings! Erm, is there a way to change margin
    >sizes in Page Setup?

    I could be wrong here because I don't have ABW 1.0.5, but if it still acts
    like the earlier version 1.0.1 the error message in page setup doesn't mean
    what it says. It seems to indicate that the margins you set are outside the
    calculated "permissive" range for margins. (Margins could be too large, or
    too small).

    In 1.0.1 you could set the margins directly from the editing screen simply
    by dragging the margin stops (small square boxes on the horizontal and
    vertical rulers) ad set the margins wherever you like without being stopped
    by an error message. This is not to say the margins you set will work
    properly with your printer though, if you try to get too close to the edge
    of the page.

    Sorry for wasting your time if this doesn't apply to your version.

    By the way, if you set your margins this way, then go to the page setup box
    and open it to take a look, you may find you get an error message if you
    then try to close the box with "OK". The trick is to just take a look then
    close the box with the "Cancel" button, which will just get rid of the box
    without any drama.

    Cheers, John Selby.

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