Re: Footer height vs OO footer height

On (02:33 31/10/08), Dave Wood <dave@unrealize.co.uk> put forth the proposition:
>
> On (13:17 31/10/08), Martin Sevior <martines@unimelb.edu.au> put forth the proposition:
> > On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 02:06 +0000, Dave Wood wrote:
> > > On (01:51 31/10/08), Dave Wood <dave@unrealize.co.uk> put forth the proposition:
> > > >
> > > > I've noticed that if I make a simple footer with just page numbers the
> > > > footer takes up 2 lines. When I open the same rtf in open office the footer
> > > > takes only one line and puts the pages 'out' by a few lines.
> > > >
> > > > Is there someway of changing footer height?
> > > >
> > > > Abiword 2.7.0 from svn
> > >
> > > Ok I think I have solved this - OO bottom margin for A4 is 1.27cm while
> > > Abiword uses 2.54cm all round.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know which is correct? Is there some standard for margins
> > > around? Also does anyone have MS Word handy and could check what default
> > > margins are for A4?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any info about this. Not a huge problem but want to make sure
> > > that my assignments look ok.
> > >
> >
> > Hi Dave,
> > MS Word standard headers and footers for letter and A4 sizes
> > are 1 inch (2.54 cm). You can easily change your abiword header and
> > footer sizes in the page setup dialog (under file).

One more question -are the margin/header/footer sizes saved within the file
(in rtf) or do they get adjusted to whatever the word processing app is
using when opening a file?
>
> Great. Thanks for the info.
> >
> > BTW if you working from SVN trunk and intend to use maths in your
> > assignment, update your build to a commit I just made a few minutes ago
> > that fixes drawing of math equations.
>
> No I'm just doing normal text for now - a creative writing course.
>
> > Cheers
> >
> > Martin
> >
> >
> > > >
> > > >
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