Re: Paper size

From: William Astle (lost_at_l-w.net)
Date: Sun Mar 07 2004 - 02:50:52 EST

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    On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 msevior_at_physics.unimelb.edu.au wrote:

    > > How the <bleep> do I set the default paper size to something other than
    > > A4? I tried the "normal.awt" thing and that doesn't work even though the
    > > normal.awt file does exist and has the correct setting. There is no option
    > > appearing in any obvious dialogue to change this setting. Nor can I find
    > > anything to RTFM that helps at all. Should this not be an option under
    > > Tools -> Options -> Layout?
    > >
    > > I'm using version 2.0.4.
    > >
    >
    > If you choose the menu...
    >
    > File->Page Setup
    >
    > Open a nice dialog where you can set the page size, orientation and
    > margins to anything you want.
    >
    > We copied Ms Word here. Maybe it should be in layout too.

    You will note that I said "default". As in I don't want to have to make
    that change in every single document I create. I had no trouble finding
    the setting for the current document (even though I find the location
    under the "File" menu to be illogical). I just cannot get the setting to
    persist to new documents. I would expect the default setting to be under
    Tools -> Preferences -> Layout, and, in fact, I ran across a document
    somewhere that indicated that there was a setting for default paper size
    there. But either it isn't there or I cannot read. 

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William Astle
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