Tutorial
Change the Units of Measure

Since page dimensions are usually specified in inches, you used inches to specify the trim size of the bulletin. But most designers specify elements within pages in picas and points. Sahafi makes it easy for you to work in a number of different units of measure. You can even work with different units for horizontal and vertical measurements.

  1. Choose Preferences/General from the Document menu. The General Preferences dialog box appears. It presents many options for how you prefer to work in Sahafi. Sahafi's preset horizontal and vertical units - inches - are displayed. In Sahafi, as in many Mac applications, an option displayed in a shadowed rectangle indicates that when you press it with the pointer, a list of other options appears.

  2. Press the current Horizontal Units, Inches, and hold down the mouse button. A list of other units appears.

  3. Drag the pointer onto Picas and then release the mouse button. The Horizontal Units change to Picas in the dialog box.

  4. Press the current Vertical Units and choose Picas in the same way. The Vertical Units change to Picas.

  5. Click OK. The dialog box disappears, and the rulers in the document window now measure picas and points, instead of inches.