Operation Manual

Working with Pages 35
Using the page and pasteboard
Most of the DrawPlus display is taken up by a page or "artwork" area and a
surrounding pasteboard area. This arrangement is an electronic equivalent of
the system used by traditional graphic designers. They kept design tools and bits
of text and graphics on a large pasteboard, and then carefully pasted final
arrangements of text and graphics onto a page-sized "artwork" sheet pinned
down in the middle of the board.
(A) Page and (B) Pasteboard
The page area is where you put the text and graphic elements that you want to
be part of the final output. The pasteboard area is where you generally keep any
elements that are being prepared or waiting to be positioned on the page area.
Setting measurement units and drawing scale
For precision drawing, you need techniques that allow you to position and draw
accurately without effort, that will also be of use at any scaled size. Such
techniques make use of rulers and guides for actual-size or scaled drawings.
Rulers
The DrawPlus rulers mimic the paste-up artist's T-square, and acts as a
measuring tool and guide creator. The rulers that surround the page allow you to
measure the exact position of an object.
Ruler units used by DrawPlus determine the units displayed on the rulers and
the reported units shown when positioning and scaling objects (either around