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Subject:Re: Standard European Book Sizes From:Becca Price <becca_price -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 17 Jan 2000 14:12:55 -0800 (PST)
life immitates techwr-l.
I am new at my current contract, and just queried why
our margins are set for 7.5 x 9 paper since we
distribute our documents in PDF format, and David
Williams just answered the question:
> Nigel's answer suits this case: If you distribute
> online but printable
> manuals in, say, PDF files then providing a file
> that prints onto A4
> is a considerable courtesy to your readers. (Our
> FrameMaker templates
> use a 7.5" x 9" page area, which is reasonable to
> view onscreen and
> printable on A4 or Letter sizes of paper. The
> margins vary for A4 and
> US Letter but the effect isn't too bad.)
now my question is: what paper size is used in Canada?
thanks!
Becca
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