How to print drawings and keeping the original size?

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How to print drawings and keeping the original size?

Hi,

I'm first time in this community, tried to search my problem in the discussions, but couldn't find the answer.

I have drawn a rectangle with 20x10 cm. When I print it out it is smaller. I tried to set up the page format for example by 120% but no effect.

How can I print out the original size of objects I have in my keynote file? I have done a couple of drawings with scale 1:50 (1 cm in keynote represents 50 cm in real world). Everything is fine as long as I have my drawing on the screen, but when I print it out all objects has been reduced.

Regards,

Joe

Posted on Dec 27, 2012 12:52 AM

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Answer 1

Dec 27, 2012 4:09 AM in response to HimmelundErde

there are 3 things you need to setup:

keynote > preferences > ruler > ruler units: use inches or centimeters

this allows you to draw, position text and objects accuratly for printing

file > page setup > paper size A4, scale 100%

this allows print settings to match Kenote and choose the correct paper orientation

file > print > print

sends the file to the printer and allows what to print:

slides, notes or handouts

include builds, background, slide numbers

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Answer 2

Dec 28, 2012 9:01 AM in response to Gary Scotland

Thanks for the information. I did this, as described, but it is not working unfortunately. Scale of 100 % keeps the printout as small as it is (smaller than the true size of the objects). I don't know why set the scale to 149 % hasn't any effect on object sizes when printing.

I found a workaround meanwhile:

save the drawing as pdf with keynote. Open the file with Adobe, set up page to 149 %. Printout then is exactly the true size of the objects in the keynote drawing.

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