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• • May 8, 2012 at 6:26 am #62151
    gillinger

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    OK, I'm confused! I've upgraded from CS2 to CS5.5 – maybe a leap too far because I have a problem that I can't seem to find the exact answer to.

    I publish a local magazine with pre-determined advert sizes. For instance my quarter page ad is 62mm x 93mm. In CS2 I could place a graphic (PDF/JPG) and use the Width/Height section to size it exactly, regardless of the size and proportion of the original. Now, in CS5.5 I have to first size my bounding box, then scale the graphic, using ctrl-shift and drag or clicking on the Scale percentages, but there seems to be no way that I can scale to an exact round number. I might get close (62.104mm x 92.985) but not the exact size that I want. Is there any way to set the scaling so that it only uses whole numbers? Why can't I scale to a size rather than a percentage? How do I know the exact percentage I need of a graphic without using a calculator?

    Thanks.

  • May 8, 2012 at 8:27 am #62152
    David Blatner

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    Yes, this can be confusing. Michael Ninness explained some of the tricks and tricks here: https://creativepro.com/sca…..gn-cs3.php

    The quick answer is that if you want the width to be exactly 62mm, then you should type 62mm into the X Scaling field (the one that normally says 100%) of the Control panel.

  • May 8, 2012 at 10:04 am #62154
    gillinger

    Member

    David, many thanks! That was the answer to my prayers. I'd read Michael's tip page before but didn't spot the sneaky bit I wanted:

    “The opposite is true for the Scale fields, in that you can use other measurement system values if you want to scale to a specific increment, but have the results display in percent of the original. For example, you can replace 100% with 9p and InDesign will figure out what percentage was required to make it that width/height.”

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