Can I create a page template with A4 width, but infinite length?

[OneDerWall]

I would like to be able to create a template with A4 width, but a variable
length that increases as I type, just as it does in a default blank document.

I am a student and I like to copy and paste lecture notes from Word straight
into OneNote (2007). Unfortunately my lecture notes stretch across more than
one page of A4. At the moment, seeing as I can't find a way to limit the page
width without altering the 'bottomless' page length I am left with two
(unsatisfactory) options:

(a) copy text into a default blank document, meaning it gets resized when I
print, (giving me un-uniform and sometimes unreadable hard-copies of my notes)
OR
(b) copy text into an A4 blank document template, meaning I have to manually
create numerous pages (which is not what I want) and then take the time to
cut and paste the text into them.

Can't I just manually resize the width of the page without affecting the
length?!?!

 

[Rainald Taesler]

I would like to be able to create a template with A4 width, but a
variable length that increases as I type, just as it does in a
default blank document.

I am a student and I like to copy and paste lecture notes from Word
straight into OneNote (2007). Unfortunately my lecture notes stretch
across more than one page of A4. At the moment, seeing as I can't
find a way to limit the page width without altering the 'bottomless'
page length I am left with two (unsatisfactory) options:

(a) copy text into a default blank document, meaning it gets resized
when I print, (giving me un-uniform and sometimes unreadable
hard-copies of my notes) OR
(b) copy text into an A4 blank document template, meaning I have to
manually create numerous pages (which is not what I want) and then
take the time to cut and paste the text into them.

Can't I just manually resize the width of the page without affecting
the length?!?!

No, there is no way to achieve what you are after.
It's an "either .. or" situation.

The only thing I could thin of would be to use a background picture with
a ruler.
You could then manually adjust the width of the containers on your
endless page.
This would avoid re-sizing n printing.

Rainald

 

[Tim Mastrogiacomo]

No, there is no way to achieve what you are after.
It's an "either .. or" situation.

The only thing I could thin of would be to use a background picture with
a ruler.
You could then manually adjust the width of the containers on your
endless page.
This would avoid re-sizing n printing.

Rainald

I've done this, it isn't a bad solution. It should look fine and fit
the page when it is printed out. The tough part making it so that page
breaks don't come in the middle of a line...



Tim Mastrogiacomo
http://www.linkedin.com/in/timmastrogiacomo

 

[Rainald Taesler]

I've done this, it isn't a bad solution. It should look fine and fit
the page when it is printed out. The tough part making it so that page
breaks don't come in the middle of a line...

Yes, this indeed is awkward.
Really one of the weakest things in ON (if not the worst issues).

Added - now that the ON2010 Beta is out -:
I really do not understand that nothing has been done in so far for the
new version.
Over time there have been so many complaints and suggestions to add the
feature of setting manual "breakpoints). Too bad that the developers
obviously did not listen {siiiigh}.

Not be misunderstood: There are really many great new things ON2010!!
The mire it hurts that quite a number of basic things have not been
cured {siiiigh}.

Rainald