[finnigan2]

Others in the past have argued the paper size question and said that while the standard size in the 1970's might be different from today's 81/2 X 11 inch, the fact that it is the newer size could be accounted for by the fact that the document was recently faxed, thus making it 81/2 x 11 even when it was a smaller size when transmitted. I think your argument that a different size paper would produce a different spacing/word line count puts that argument to rest. Good work.

[dglang]

Faxing or copying a document based on smaller than current sizes onto a lager size medium would leave a wider area of white space on the right than on the left. The centering would be thrown off.

The only way to avoid this is to carefully place the source on the scanner to recenter. Placing the source along the normal guide lines would align the document to the left.