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 ruler’s 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 ruler’s minor divisions in the pop-up menu under the Scale boxes. 5 To establish the ruler’s 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
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