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Calibrating the rulers
You can have one inch on your screen equal one inch of “real” distance. This lets you work with real-world distances as opposed to relative
distances that depend on screen resolution. This tool is particularly useful when you work with signs or draw in 1:1 zoom mode.
Before you can perform this procedure, you must have a clear plastic ruler for comparing real-world and on-screen distances. This ruler
should use the same unit of measure that you set for the Corel DESIGNER rulers. For information about ruler settings, see “Using the rulers”
on page 495.
To calibrate the rulers to real-world distance
1
Click Tools Options.
2 In the Workspace list of categories, double-click Toolbox, and click Zoom, Pan tool.
3 Click Calibrate rulers.
4 Place a clear plastic ruler under the on-screen horizontal ruler.
5 Click the up or down arrows on the Horizontal box to match one unit of measure on the on-screen ruler with one unit of measure on
the actual ruler.
6 Place the ruler beside the on-screen vertical ruler.
7 Click the up or down arrows on the Vertical box to match one unit of measure on the on-screen ruler with one unit of measure on the
actual ruler.
Setting up the document grid
The document grid is a series of non-printing intersecting lines that you can display in the drawing window. You can use the document grid
to precisely align and position objects.
You can customize the look of the document grid by changing the grid display and grid spacing. The grid display lets you view the
document grid as lines or as dots. The spacing lets you set the distance between the grid lines. The spacing options are based on the unit of
measure for the ruler. For example, if the ruler unit of measure is set to inches, the spacing options are based on inches.
If the ruler unit of measure is set to pixels, or if you enabled the Pixel preview, you can specify the color and opacity of the pixel grid. For
more information about the Pixel preview, see “Choosing viewing modes” on page 71.
You can also have objects snap to the document grid or the pixel grid, so that when you move the objects, they align with the grid lines.
To display or hide the document grid
•
Click View Grid Document grid.
A check mark beside the Document grid command indicates that the document grid is displayed.
To set the grid display
1
Click Tools Options.
2 In the Document list of categories, click Grid.
3 Enable the Show grid check box, and enable one of the following options:
• As lines
• As dots
To set the grid spacing
1
Click Tools Options.