[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 119395] New: Default Page Margins - Revisited

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119395

            Bug ID: 119395
           Summary: Default Page Margins - Revisited
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: mkflan at gmail.com

I know there is another bug with this that is set to "RESOLVED WORKSFORME", but
there is something that I have not seen considered in the previous discussion,
and this is this:

When one downloads LibreOffice / LibreWriter in the United States, the default
margin settings are .79 " all around. As we all know, this is simply a
conversion of 2cm, which is the default that was created for A4. 

You may argue that 2cm creates a good line-length on A4 paper - fine. But 8.5 x
11 is significantly wider than A4, and so has a significantly longer
line-length that on A4 with the same margins.

What I'm saying is that margin width is really about line-length. What should
be done is this: Whatever the decision about default *line-length*, that
decision should apply to both 8.5 x 11 and A4. 

In other words, if you think 2cm on A4 makes a good default line-length, then
find out what creates *the same line-length on 8.5 x 11*, and use THAT margin
on 8.5 x 11 - don't just convert the A4 margin to 8.5 x 11. Because doing so is
simply incorrect.

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