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Changing the ruler origin
The point where 0 appears on each ruler
is called the ruler origin. When you open
a document, the position of the ruler ori-
gin depends on the View option selected
in the
Document Setup dialog box . Gen-
erally, if you have selected either the
Single Full Page or the Tile Full Pages
option, the default ruler origin is located
at the lower left corner of page 1.
When you change the ruler setting, the
new setting becomes the default for the
document whenever that document is
opened. You can change the origin for
the rulers at any time. For example, you
may be working on a 3-inch-by-5-inch
card that is centered on an 8.5-inch-by-
11-inch page. Setting the ruler origin to
line up with the 3-by-5-inch artwork
rather than the 8.5-by-11-inch page can
make precision editing easier for you.
Note: The position of the ruler origin
affects the tiling of patterns, as well as
the bounding box information for the
Separation Setup command. For more
information about the bounding box,
see
Specifying the bounding box in the
separation .