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Old 06-16-2025, 12:52 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by seanos View Post
Am I really the only person who uses Calibre without imperial measurements?
For me, it seems to follow my Windows system settings. If I set measurements to metric, I see metric (which is my normal mode), if I set measurements to U.S., I see inches, etc. OTOH, I don't see much use of metric/US/imperial in the calibre GUI since points, pixels, etc. seem to be a lot more common.

The only place this does not apply is when I look at ebook metadata/properties where in PDF files for example, the page size use whatever measurements were set when the PDF was created which, IMHO, is the correct behaviour. So a letter size page will show as 8.50 x 11.00 inches while an A4 page will show as 210 x 297 mm.

I will admit that I never use calibre's e-book viewer for PDF since it converts to ePub before viewing. Any of the PDF viewers I have around does a better job since the conversion is not needed. Oddly, most of them do not even give margin options for PDF printing since a PDF page is corresponds to a printed page including all margins, etc.
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