Setting the Page Size. Autodesk AUTOSKETCH 8

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1 On the View menu, click Options. The View Options dialog box appears.

2 Click the Appearance page tab.

3 Uncheck the Drawing Origin check box. When checked, the drawing origin is displayed, when unchecked, the drawing origin is hidden from view.

4 Click OK.

To change the colors of the drawing origin

1 On the View menu, click Options. The View Options dialog box appears.

2 Click the Appearance page tab, then click an Axis Color button in the

Screen section. The Color dialog box appears.

3 Click a color from the palette then click OK.

4 Click OK in each dialog box.

Setting the Page Size

You can set the page size by:

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Using the page size of the current Windows printer

Specifying a standard size

Entering a tiling pattern based on the printer page

Entering custom measurements

When you create a new drawing, AutoSketch sets the page size using the size of the current Windows printer. If you need to create a drawing larger than the paper size your output device supports, AutoSketch will tile your printed output on multiple printer pages. You can also specify the orientation of the page.

To set the page size by using the page size of the current printer

1 On the File menu, click Page Setup. The Page Setup dialog box appears.

2 Click the Size page tab.

3 Click the Printer Page option button.

4 Click OK.

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To change the default printer page options

1 On the File menu, click Page Setup. The Page Setup dialog box appears.

2 Click the Printer Page page tab.

3 Click an item from the Paper Size drop-down list box. Notice that the paper dimensions appear in the grayed boxes below the Paper Size dropdown list box.

4 Click an orientation from the Paper Orientation drop-down list box.

5 Click a source from the Paper Source drop-down list box.

6 Click OK.

To set the page to a standard size

1 On the File menu, click Page Setup. The Page Setup dialog box appears.

2 Click the Size page tab.

3 Click the Standard Size option button.

4 Click an item from the page size drop-down list box.

5 Click either portrait or landscape from the orientation drop-down list box.

6 Click OK.

To set the page size by tiling printer pages together

1 On the File menu, click Page Setup. The Page Setup dialog box appears.

2 Click the Size page tab.

3 Click the Tiling Pattern option button.

4 Enter the number of horizontal printer pages for the tiling pattern.

5 Enter the number of vertical printer pages for the tiling pattern, then click OK.

To set the page size using exact measurements

1 On the File menu, click Page Setup. The Page Setup dialog box appears.

2 Click the Size page tab.

3 Click the Custom Size option button.

4 Enter the horizontal size of the page.

5 Enter the vertical size of the page, then click OK.

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