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• • January 4, 2011 at 5:17 pm #58286
    Dwayne Harris

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    First of all–I've missed you all. But I'm back :)

    A question on CS5 (I will have a question on another issue but will do a separate topic).

    This concerns how ID CS5 measures things. I work in picas and points, and I'm used to things being done in half points so far as measuring. 1 pica (1p), 1 pica/half point (1p.5), etc. It seems that CS5 does things by .6 instead of .5. As an example, I try to draw a guideline to 9 picas, 1.5 points (9p1.5), but I get a choice of 9p1.2 or 9p1.8)

    If I go up to 400 percent, I can do it, but it seems kind of silly to have to go that high. I've never had a problem with half points until CS5. I've played around with the preferences for measuring and that doesn't seem to work. Is there some trick to getting half-points to work. I want .5 and not .6 measurements.

    It always worked before.

    Thanks

  • January 4, 2011 at 5:59 pm #58288
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    Probably just has to do with what percentage you're at. But for accuracy, hold down shift key while dragging a guide to snap it to the nearest tick mark in the ruler.

  • January 4, 2011 at 6:12 pm #58289
    Dwayne Harris

    Member

    Dave–that just rounds it off to full point increments (no half points).

    I don't think it's a percentage issue. This never happened until CS5. CS5 is now measuring by .6 instead of .5.

    For example, I just tried CS2 through CS4 and measured 3p11.5, 4p, 4p.5. In CS5 I get 3p11.4, 4p0, and 4p0.6.

    If I go to 1200 percent, I can eventually get measurements by .5s, but it's very slow.

    ID CS2-4 would do .5 at 100 percent and 200 percent with no problem. CS5 insists on .6

  • January 7, 2011 at 2:47 am #58313
    Rhiannon Miller

    Member

    I must admit that if I want that degree of accuracy, and I know exactly where I want to put the guide, I'll drag one onto the page and then position it accurately by typing my desired value into the X (or Y) coordinate box on the control panel. That's the only way I know of to be sure it goes exactly where I want it to.

  • January 12, 2011 at 6:22 pm #58359
    Dwayne Harris

    Member

    @orielwen:

    But the issue is that .5 point is not that asking too much so far as accuracy. ID has always used .5 increments, but in CS5 it doesn't. To type it in takes three or four times longer than just dragging a guideline.
    

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