On 1/3/10 5:14 AM, Branko Vukelic wrote: > You can set the "Display size" preference by going to File > > Preferences > Display. You will see a ruler displayed below a slider. > By placing a real-world ruler over the displayed ruler, and moving the > slider, you can adjust the size of displayed page elements. The > displayed ruler is a 100mm strip, btw. > > On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 5:08 AM, OM <malex at scribus.info> wrote: > >> From: halocline at tiscali.co.uk >> Reply-to: halocline at tiscali.co.uk >> Subject: [Contact Us] Ruler measurements not to scale? >> >> Please cc the requestor on replies. >> >> Oliver sent a message using the contact form at >> http://www.scribus.net/?q=contact. >> >> Hello Scribus Team >> >> I'm new to the Scribus program and have so far, so good until i've hit a >> snag. I cant seem to find anyone with this problem running Scribus so here >> it goes. I've created a custom document and have inputted the size in mm and >> have adjusted the margins etc.. when scribus creates the new document and >> displays it at 100% (1:1) the measurement displayed onscreen is not correct. >> Any page shown at 100% is smaller than it should be, 10mm displayed is >> actually 6mm approx. Scribus is showing the correct measurement I want on the >> ruler, however when 'zoom to 100%' is used scribus is not displaying a >> correct 'real world' measurement, it is not showing it at 100%. Also anything >> I print at 100% also prints out at a similar/ the same reduction regardless >> of settings in scribus or on my printer? I cannot replicate a similar issue >> with the other programs I use. >> Im running OSX Tiger with the latest updates. >> Thank you for your time, I appreciate your help in this matter even if it is >> just a button or setting i have missed.
Forwarding this back to the original poster... Oliver, Scribus uses standard libraries that do not always receive the correct DPI information of your screen from the screen itself/drivers/X11/whatever, hence the display setting in preferences for you to adjust. Craig
