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 printer’s 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 monitor’s 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 document’s 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.
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