Document Units
To specify measurement units, choose an option in the Document
Units pop-up menu.
Select Inches, Points, Centimeters, or Picas to see the size of the doc-
ument in these units in the boxes in the Illustration size area. Select
Ruler Units to use the units specified in the Ruler dialog box. To
change the units specified in the Ruler dialog box, choose Layout >
Rulers.
Document Size
You can set the document size to match the paper in your printer, or
set up a document based on a standard or custom size. The controls
for document size are labeled according to the type of document
(Illustration, Publication, and so on).
To use a standard size, choose an option from the pop-up menu. You
can choose standard sizes based on the document type.
From Printer
To base the dimensions of the layout area on your
printers page size, choose From Printer. The layout area will match
the settings in the Page Setup dialog box. For more information, see
Matching documents to printer pages on page 11.124.
Custom
To specify custom dimensions, choose Custom. Type the
width in the first box and the height in the second box.
From Screen
In Presentations and Animations, you can base the
size of the layout area on the monitors size. To do this, choose From
Screen.
Orientation
To change the orientation of the document, click the button in the
Orientation area. This swaps the width and height values of the docu-
ment.
Margins
To set margin size for two-sided Publications, enter the Inside, Out-
side, Top, and Bottom margins in the text boxes in the Margins area.
For single-sided Publications, enter Right, Left, Top, and Bottom
margins. The margin is measured from the edge of the paper. Mar-
gins are not available in other document types.
On screen, the documents margins appear as a dashed line. The
printable area appears as a solid line around the edge of the layout
area. Make sure the margins are not outside the printable area.
Tip
For illustrations larger than the
current paper size, you can use
the Display> Show/Hide Page
Breaks command in the Layout
menu to see or hide page divi-
sions. A line around the layout
area indicates page bound-
aries.