User Guide

Chapter 248
Defining custom page sizes
You can add custom page sizes to a document using the Edit Page Sizes dialog box. Custom page
sizes are based on the document’s current unit of measure. Custom pages cannot be changed; to
edit a custom page definition, you must delete and re-create it.
Custom pages are retained within the FreeHand document. To make a custom page definition
available to newly created FreeHand documents, you add the custom page definition to a
FreeHand template. For more information, see “Using templates” on page 60.
To add a custom page size:
1 Select Window > Document to display the Document panel if it isn’t already open.
2 In the Document panel, select Edit from the Page Size pop-up menu to the left of the page
orientation buttons.
The Edit Page Sizes dialog box appears.
3 Click New.
4 Enter a name for the new custom page in the Page Size text box.
5 Enter the page dimensions in the X and Y text boxes. Values are in the document’s current
units of measure. For more information, see “Setting units of measure” on page 49.
6 Click Close.
To delete a custom page size:
1 In the Document panel, select Edit from the Page Size pop-up menu.
2 In the Edit Page Sizes dialog box, select the custom page size you want to delete.
3 Click Delete.
Deleting a custom page size in the Edit Page Sizes dialog box does not affect custom pages in
your document. Their page type changes to Custom in the Document panel.
To apply a custom page size to a selected page:
Select the custom page size from the Document panel’s Page Size pop-up menu.
To create a new page using a custom page size:
1 Click the Document panel Options menu control and select Add Pages.
2 In the Add Pages dialog box, enter the number of pages to be added.
3 Select the custom page from the Page Size pop-up menu.
4 Click OK.