You can set the point of origin for both rulers and the Coordinate display. When you click on the relevant icon, the following dialog box appears:
Up to now the rulers were nothing more than a rough version of the
Coordinate display, which is visible at all times in the Top row
anyway. With the Start point X
and Start point Y
edit
fields you have the option to place the zero point of the rulers (and
Coordinate display) at any desired point of the document. This permits
measuring all sizes and distances on the page as with a real ruler,
offering many possibilities, particularly in connection with the
crosshairs (see above). The specified values always refer to the
top left corner of the (right-hand) page. Positive values move
the point of origin inwards, negative values outwards.
An example: You would like to move the zero point of the
horizontal ruler 10 cm to the right. So after making sure that
cm
has been set for the Page size
in Set units of
measurement
(Page module), click on the Set point of origin
icon and enter 10 in the X:
field. A little later you want to
move the point of origin 3 cm to the left again. Now you have to enter
7 for the X value, not -3 !
Tip: You can also drag guidelines directly from the rulers. For horizontal guidelines, click on the top ruler and, with the mouse button held down, drag the guideline down to the desired position; for accuracy, you can refer to the side ruler or the Coordinate display. Releasing the mouse button places the guideline on the page. In a similar manner, vertical guidelines are dragged to the right from the side ruler.
