Operation Manual

Working with pages and layout tools | 501
To set the line style and color of a guideline
1
Click Tools Guidelines.
2 Open the Guideline color picker, and choose a guideline color.
3 Open the Guideline style picker, and choose a line style.
Setting the drawing scale
You can choose a preset or custom drawing scale so that distances in a drawing are proportionate to real-world distances. For example, you
can specify that 1 inch in the drawing corresponds to 1 meter in the physical world. A preset drawing scale lets you set a typical scale, such
as 1:2 or 1:10. A custom drawing scale lets you set any distance on the page to correspond to a real-world distance. For example, you can
set a more precise scale that includes decimal numbers, such as 4.5 to 10.6.
Drawing scales are particularly useful if you are creating a technical or architectural drawing with dimension lines. For information about
dimension lines, see “Drawing dimension lines” on page 138.
To choose a preset drawing scale
1
Click Tools Options.
2 In the Document list of categories, click Rulers.
3 Click Edit scale.
4 Choose a drawing scale from the Typical scales list box.
To create a custom drawing scale
1
Click Tools Options.
2 In the Document list of categories, click Rulers.
3 Click Edit scale.
4 Choose Custom from the Typical scales list box.
5 Specify the settings you want.
The Edit scale button does not appear if the ruler’s unit of measure is pixels.
If the drawing scale is set to anything other than 1:1, the units on the vertical ruler are the same as the units on the horizontal ruler.