Setting up Your Document > Working with pages > Defining custom page sizes

 

Defining custom page sizes

You can add custom page sizes to the Document inspector using the Edit Page Sizes dialog box in the Page Size pop-up menu. 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.

To add a custom page size:

1

Choose Window > Inspectors > Document to display the Document inspector.

2

In the Document inspector, choose 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.

6

Click Close.

To delete a custom page size:

1

In the Document inspector, choose Edit from the Page Size pop-up menu.

2

In the Edit Page Sizes dialog box, select the custom page you want to delete.

3

Click Delete.

Deleting a custom page in the Edit Page Sizes dialog box does not affect custom pages in your document. Their page type changes to Custom in the Document inspector.

To create a custom page size using a different unit of measure than displayed in the Edit Page Sizes dialog box:

1

Close the Edit Page Sizes dialog box if it is open.

2

Change the document's unit of measure using the Units pop-up menu in the Status toolbar (Windows) or in the lower left corner of the Document window (Macintosh).

3

In the Document inspector, choose Edit from the Page Size pop-up menu to the left of the page orientation buttons.

The Edit Page Sizes dialog box appears.

4

Click New. Name the new custom page, define its dimensions, and click Close.

To apply a custom page size to a selected page:

Select the custom page from the Document inspector's Page Size pop-up menu.

To create a new page with a custom page size:

1

Choose Window > Inspectors > Document.

2

Click the triangle in the upper right corner of the Document inspector to display the Options pop-up menu, and choose Add Pages.

3

In the Add Pages dialog box, enter the number of pages to be added.

4

Select the custom page from the Page Size pop-up menu.

5

Click OK.