setting page SIZE in INCHES?

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setting page SIZE in INCHES?

Using Pages I want to create a custom page size. When I go to page setup the sizes are in centimeters. The template from my printer is in inches; changing everything over to centimeters creates weird problems.

I just want to resize my original document in INCHES. Is there anywhere I can change the print\page setup preference to read in INCHES?

Ben

G5 2.5Ghz, Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Posted on May 19, 2008 3:57 PM

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Answer 1

Clea Rees

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May 19, 2008 4:07 PM in response to Ben Low

You could try quitting Pages, altering your settings in the International pane of System Preferences, opening Pages and setting up a custom size and then resetting your International preferences. I'm not sure that would work, but I think it should.

- cfr

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Answer 2

May 19, 2008 4:11 PM in response to Ben Low

I'm not sure about your location, but that could affect the default settings (inches vs. cm). I found two places you might want to try for a solution...

To make changes regarding Pages units (which affect the inspector: margins, object location in the metric inspector, etc.), go to Pages-->Preferences and change 'Ruler Units' from Centimeters to Inches.

To make changes regarding Page Size units (which affect the custom page size you are probably trying to correct), go to the Apple Menu-->System Preferences-->International (top row)-->Format and change the 'Measurement Units' (all the way at the bottom) from Metric to US.

I hope this helps!

-John

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Ben Low Author

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May 19, 2008 4:23 PM in response to BDAqua

Thank you Clea and BD,

Much appreciated. Works grand. Didn't even have to reboot. I can stop grinding my teeth. Now if I could just figure out how to take a 'legal size' PAGES document full of graphics and text boxes and reduce it down by 2-3 inches without losing all my formatting or having to adjust every single item ... I would be a happy camper.

I know I could possibly re-size it going to a printer. Mmm. I wonder if I can resize it going to a PDF??

Thank you most kindly for your help...

Ben

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Answer 4

Clea Rees

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May 19, 2008 4:48 PM in response to Ben Low

Ben Low wrote:
Thank you Clea and BD,

Thanks for saying so!

I know I could possibly re-size it going to a printer. Mmm. I wonder if I can resize it going to a PDF??

I expect so. If not, once it is PDF it is basically an image so you should be able to scale it using your favourite image manipulation programme, I think.

- cfr

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Answer 5

BDAqua

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May 19, 2008 4:09 PM in response to Ben Low

Hi Ben, go to System Preferences>International>Formats tab, near the bottom should be "Measurement Units" with US or Metric as the options... reboot after setting.

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