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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: View->"actual size"
From:       zander () microweb ! nl
Date:       1999-11-17 10:59:18
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> Hiya,
> 
> "Printed Size" suggests that it has something to do with "printing".

I must disagree, It is under the view menu. It is printed between zoom options..

btw. it is a feature only professional applications will use (ones that specify their 
document size in cm. (o.a.))
The feature is called "print size" in photoshop (I just checked).


> 
> Cheers,
> Waldo
> 
> On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> > Agreed. (all of the below)
> > 
> > I think Photoshop calls it actual size
> > What about
> > 
> > "Printed Size"
> > 
> > > On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, zander@microweb.nl wrote:
> > > > > Hiya,
> > > > > 
> > > > > Does someone know what this menu item is supposed to mean?
> > > > > Does it reset the zoom-factor to 1?
> > > > Yes.
> > > > 
> > > > And if a picture or other document has a resolution (in dpi) it could mean that
> > > > the picture is displayed in a resolution to show the picture in the size (in 
> > > > centimeters) which would match a printed document.
> > > > 
> > > > For instance a document has a resolution of 300 dpi, and is 600 pixels width.
> > > > It would be shown on screen to be 2 inches width. The application would have to
> > > > know the screen's dpi to calculate the actual pixels it renders on screen..
> > > > 
> > > > Does this make sense?
> > > 
> > > In that case it should belong in the "Zoom" section of the view menu:
> > > 
> > > Fit To Page
> > > Fit To Page Width
> > > Fit To Page Height
> > > ---------
> > > Zoom In			Ctrl+Plus
> > > Zoom Out		Ctrl+Minus
> > > Actual Size
> > > Zoom...
> > > ---------
> > > Redisplay
> > > ---------
> > > Items relating to
> > > document window info etc.
> > > ---------
> > > Application specific
> > > entries
> > > 
> > > Could we use Ctrl+Equal as a shortcut for it? Or are there keyboards who
> > > have the "=" only available via shift?
> > > 
> > > I still have some doubts about the name of this menu-item. What about
> > > "Original Size" ? or "Zoom 1:1" ?
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > Waldo
> 



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Thomas Zander                                                zander@microweb.nl
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