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You can set up different measurement systems for horizontal and vertical rulers; for
example, many newspapers measure horizontal layouts in picas and vertical text stories in
inches. The system you select for the horizontal ruler governs tabs, margins, indents, and
other measurements. Each spread has its own vertical ruler; however, all vertical rulers use
the same settings you specify in the Units & Increments preferences dialog box.
The default units of measure for the rulers are picas (a pica equals 12 points). However, you
can change custom ruler units, and control where the major tick marks appear on a ruler.
For example, if you change the custom ruler units for the vertical ruler to 12 points, a major
ruler increment appears every 12 points (if such display is possible in the current magnifi-
cation). The tick mark labels include your customized major tick marks, so when the ruler
reads 3 in the same example, it marks the third instance of the 12-point increment, or
36 points.
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Vertical ruler using inches (left), and custom 12-point increments (right)
Setting custom ruler increments in the vertical ruler is useful for lining up a ruler's
major tick marks with a baseline grid. (See
Setting up measurement units and rulers
You can set custom measurement units for the
on-screen rulers and for use in palettes and dialog boxes; you can also change these
settings at any time and temporarily override the current measurement units as you enter
a value.
To specify the measurement units:
1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Units & Increments (Windows and Mac OS 9), or InDesign >
Preferences > Units & Increments (Mac OS 10.1).
2 For Horizontal and Vertical, choose the measurement system you want to use for
horizontal and vertical dimensions in rulers, dialog boxes, and palettes; or choose Custom,
and type the number of points at which you want the ruler to display major tick marks.
Click OK.
You can also change ruler units by right-clicking (Windows) or Control-clicking
(Mac OS) a ruler, and choosing the units from the context menu.
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Earlier that afternoon Tho
with Pete Denning to talk abo
the manager had been develo
couple of days that might giv
edge over Milwuakee and the
in the Midwest Division. At t
Pete's list was what he liked to
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