To set up rulers and drawing scales
1
Choose Rulers in the Layout menu. In the Rulers dialog box,
choose a ruler number in the Ruler pop-up menu. You can use the
default rulers or customize them.
2
To change the measurement units, choose the units in the Units
pop-up menu. Canvas sets up the rulers major divisions based on
the units you choose.
3
Set the drawing scale using the text boxes in the Scale area. In
the first box, type the base unit measurement. In the second box,
type the scaled equivalent. In the third box, enter the units for the
scaled measurement. You can type a custom unit here; Canvas will
use the first two letters in dialog boxes and dimensions. The table at
left shows examples of settings for various drawing scales.
4
Choose a setting for the rulers minor divisions in the pop-up
menu under the Scale boxes.
5
To establish the rulers major divisions, drag the double arrow
between the two rulers. Drag to the unit of the top ruler that you
want to be the major division. The major division also determines
the major division of the alignment grid.
6
After you configure all ruler settings, click OK.
To display and hide rulers
When you want rulers to appear on screen, choose Layout >
Display > Show Rulers. To hide the rulers, choose Layout >
Display > Hide Rulers. The rulers must be displayed if you want to
create alignment guides in the layout area.
To change rulers
When the document rulers are visible, you can change the current
ruler by pressing the Ruler Menu button in the upper-left corner of
the document, and selecting a ruler from the pop-up menu that
appears.
Scale
values
1 inch = 6 inches
1
6
inches
5 inches = 1 mile
5
1
miles
10 cm = 1 meter
10
1
meters
Rulers menu
Ruler number
Press Ruler Menu button
to open menu