Suzanne--
I got the footer done easily. Thanks for all the good information from you
all but it defaulted to what was an acceptable size for me--slightly bigger
than the ones I see--and I see no real way to guage what size it is because
if you highlight the text the footer gives you and then go to FormatFont
you are going to see the text of the main doc reflected.
So I tried typing in the numbers "1" and then "1.5" and then "2.0" and all
that emerged when I typed into the footer was a squirley behaving line that
you can't highlight and cut and then I tried to figure out how to delete the
footer.
What in the world is going on with that line--I wasn't able to select
smaller numbers than 8 the default listing--sure I could type them in but
all I then saw was a little funny line. Maybe someone can tell me what I'm
doing wrong because I know it can be done when you say it can.
Thanks,
Chad Harris
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the link; this is interesting stuff. Who knew that English and
French inches were different? Not an issue any more, of course. But the
article says that "a point was defined as exactly 1/72 of an inch
(.013888"), so we get back to my original calculation: multiplying by
0.013888 gives 22.7485"; dividing by 72 gives 22.75".
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message
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The ¾" margin is for trimming the page to allow for full bleeds. (What
waffle will I think of next!)
In reality, in 1980, the point was redefined as 0.013888" (the PostScript
Point). So 1638 x 0.013888 = 22.7485" (approx.). The whole mess of Point
Sizes is explained in the link below. I can only say that after reading
it,
it is hardly surprising that Word repaginates whenever the printer driver
is
changed.
http://home.att.net/~tom.brodhead/points.htm
Terry
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
: Thanks for the correction, Terry. I used to always look that figure up
in
: "Limits for Word," but now that Word's Help no longer has that topic...
: sigh The curious thing is that either the Help topic or the KB or
both
: implied that the 1,638-point limit was determined by Word's 22" page
size
: limit. This was actually stated as 1,638 points = 22". Yet 1,638 points
÷
72
: points/inch = 22.75". I've never understood that.
:
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: Suzanne S. Barnhill
: Microsoft MVP (Word)
: Words into Type
: Fairhope, Alabama USA
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: "TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message
: ...
: Jim
:
: Not at All. Word will accept paper up to 22" x 22" on which a
character
: 1,638 points (which is what Suzanne meant to type) in most fonts will
: comfortably fit on paper that size.
:
: Certainly a figure 8 in Arial, Bold 1,638points has room to spare!
:
: --
: Terry Farrell - Word MVP
: http://word.mvps.org/
:
: "Jim" wrote in message
: ...
: : On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:18:31 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
: : wrote:
: :
: : And the "tiny font" part comes from formatting the text at a very
small
: font
: : size. Although the smallest size shown in the spin box for Font
Size
is
: 8
: : points, you can format text at any size from 1 point to 1,238
points,
: in
: : half-point increments. Just type the size you want into the box
and
: press
: : Enter.
: :
: : Just a rhetorical question, Suzanne: who would ever use a 1,238
point
: : letter? At something over 17 inches, wouldn't this be a poster
child
: : for the "jaggies?"
: :
: :
: : Blessed be, for sure...
:
:
: