setting default page size

[jannuss]

The Israel Mac users group has been having a discussion on setting system-wide default page size. The following is the conclusion reached:

There's two different preference panes that can affect paper size. [change it from Letter, the American standard to A4, the European one]

1. System Preferences > Language & Text > Formats
Change Region to Israel (Hebrew).
That works for Pages, but not Mail or Safari. For those apps:

2. System Preferences > Print & Scan
Change Default paper size to A4.
This is VERY un-Apple like.

In my opinion, option 2 makes more sense since you can set the default individually for each printer.
I would like to hear the opinion of the group on this situation -- which option do you think Mellel should adhere to?

Janet