When I create a new document, everything is showed in Points not in mm despite that I have configured Illustrator to use mm instead of inches:     How can I change that ?
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I am creating images for both web and print so I use pixels (px) and millimeters (mm) back and forth. But whenever I open the other type of file (i.e. opened web(px) first then print(mm), or print(mm) then web(px) ), the units displayed in Transform is always set to the previous file's setting. I have to go to "Document Setup > OK" or  every time I encounter this. It is very frustrating. Is there anyway to fix it, or is it fixed in later versions of Illustrator? Thanks.
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Is there any way to overlay some lines and dimensions on the document so that one can see where the margins end and more easily examine the overall layout and ratios of elements on the page?  See for example, some of the illustrations of frameworks in this article on the  and this one on  (which displays dimensions).
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The following has worked for me for quite some time.  \documentclass[11pt]{book} \usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}             \geometry{letterpaper}                  \usepackage[parfill]{parskip}     \usepackage{tikz, pgf, calc} \usetikzlibrary{matrix, shapes, positioning, calc, decorations.pathreplacing, shapes.geometric, arrows}  \newcounter{Day}  \newcounter{pt}[Day]    % CORRECTNESS POINTS FOR HW RUBRICS \newcommand{\pt}[2]     % NUMBER OF POINTS, ITEM IN STARBURST     {#2\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay]         \node (A) [starburst,              draw = red, opacity = .8,              fill = red!20, fill opacity = .2,              xshift = -.5*\widthof{#2},             yshift = .5*\heightof{#2}             ]             {\phantom{#2}};         \node (B) at (current page.west) {};         \path let \p1 = (A), \p2 = (B) in node [draw = red,              color = red] at (\x2+.625in,\y1) {#1 pt(s)};     \end{tikzpicture}     \addtocounter{pt}{#1}     }  \begin{document}  \pt{1}{lorem}  \end{document}   Recently, I updated several packages with MikTeX 2.9.  Below is a screenshot of the packages that were updated.    Since the updates, the \widthof and \heightof commands are causing errors.  If I change the xshift and yshift to something else, everything compiles just fine (but isn't the way I want my command to work).  I have two questions:   Why did this work before and not now? How can I change my code to make it work correctly again?   Thanks in advance for any help!
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The scale of my map is wrong, no matter what coordinate system I use in my project. The map and all objects show the correct coordinates but the scale of the map shows nonsense and the measurement tool gives wrong dimension.   The map should be like 1:10000 but qgis shows 1:1. Anyone an idea?
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During a Pages update which was pushed out a few months ago, Pages obtained the ability to write equations using LaTeX or MathML commands. According to an Apple Support article, the size and color of the equation can be changed ():  The equation appears at the insertion point in your document (or before the selected text). The equation is an inline object, the same size and color as the surrounding text. If you change the size or color of the surrounding text, the size and color of the equation’s font also change.  This does not mention anything about the font used for the equation itself, which seems to be something similar to a Times New Roman font. Is there any way to change the font used, preferably to something like Latin Modern Math? I was considering the possibility of replacing the font file Pages uses with a downloaded Latin Modern Math font file, but I'm not sure what to replace. Could I replace Times New Roman in /System/Library/Fonts/ or something like that?
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I have been working on logo for my department and I have the following code. The problem is that whenever I compile the diagram seems to be larger than the actual logo. I do not know what is the problem. I know the numbers I have selected are not the best but any insights into the matter will be highly appreciated.   \documentclass[letterpaper]{article}  \usepackage[top=2cm,bottom=2cm,left=2cm,right=2cm]{geometry}  %\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,units}  %\usepackage{enumitem,multicol}  \usepackage{tikz}  %\usetikzlibrary{arrows}  \usepackage{lipsum}   \begin{document}   \lipsum[1-2]  \begin{tikzpicture}[y=0.80pt, x=0.8pt,yscale=-1]  \path[draw=black,fill=white]    (258.9527,290.5199) .. controls (173.9885,538.4766) and (568.5860,261.2969) ..    (306.5098,257.1141) .. controls (44.4337,252.9312) and (429.9845,542.5624) ..    (352.9767,292.0206) .. controls (275.9689,41.4788) and (119.6549,497.6604) ..    (334.1376,346.9999) .. controls (548.6203,196.3394) and (66.4622,188.6439) ..    (276.0276,346.0724) .. controls (485.5930,503.5010) and (343.9169,42.5633) ..    (258.9527,290.5199) -- cycle;  \end{tikzpicture}  \lipsum[1-2]  \end{document}    See image below:
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How can I get more digits in the user interface for modeling.  Of course we can scale up the scene always, but that is just annoying, I like to work in millimeters for example which is possible with the Metric settings in blender, but the UI only shows floating point up to 3 digits?  Is there any way of improving this? Especially the scale in the transform property tab only shows 3 digits, that's annoying :-)
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Is there any package that allows for the display of layout marks within a document where the layout changes several times throughout? I'm using the geometry facilities to issuing \newgeometry commands throughout my document, but it doesn't update the displayed layout and neither does the showframe package or the facilities of the memoir class.  EDIT: As Werner has pointed out, the showframe option of the geometry package displays correctly any updated page layout set by issuing \newgeometry commands.   My trouble came out of the fact that I'm issuing also \pagecolor commands and the page color seems to be hiding the layout lines typeset according to the geometry package. My confusion only worsened because the showframe package layout lines were not hidden by the page color (the package got the layout wrong on some pages, though). So, it all boils down to a conflict with the page color.   Even though I'm using geometry's showframe option for "debugging" ends, and I don't mind to have no page color at that stage of development, is it possible to override this problem and have at the same time both the page layout displayed by geometry as well as the page colored?   Btw, should I open a new question given that the problem is actually different from the originally posted one?
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I'm designing a favicon in Illustrator and I'd like to see what it would look like in pixels at 128px and 16px as I'm working on it.  Is this possible?  Edit Found the answer - posted below.
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The size of the file is 168mb and it's nearly impossible to work on the file because every action takes like five minutes or so to complete. The artwork is of a scene filled with characters and I so far outlined the entire thing with a brush and afterwards expanded all the strokes thinking it would help ease the load. However, the file is still way too big. Is there something I can do to make it easier to work on the file?  Edit: I flattened transparency and got it reduced to 33mb. Huge difference, but would like it even smaller if possible.
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In examples found around the web, some people specify lengths such as width=5truecm with \includegraphics or the geometry package. How is this different from regular 5cm?
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How can I make text that is larger than the size of the output of {\Huge ...}?   I would like to be able to make text arbitrarily large (even if that is done by some suboptimal scaling routine).
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The question Is there any way to automatically scale and put an entire document on an A0 page? The thesis for which this is to be done is available as LaTeX code, as well as PDF output. Of course I know it is possible to do this manually, but I would prefer a LaTeX solution.  A small background Our university introduced a new page limit for master theses. This is not exactly appreciated by the teaching staff as well as students. To make a little joke, we decided to try to arrange an entire thesis (of approximately 200 pages) on a A0 poster, put it up in the hallway, and put a magnification glass next to it with a note saying: &quot;New page limit introduced: 1 page maximum for all upcoming theses!&quot;  The final result As some of you asked for this: below you can see a picture of the final result. (I &quot;professionally removed&quot; some of the sensitiv information.) We presented the poster during my final presentation and everyone liked it a lot! Now, it is on display next to my office and is still attracting some attention once in a while.
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I have an Illustrator file that's behaving strangely when I print it to PDF. Basically, it adds small lines around shapes; I included a zoomed-in screenshot.    If I save the file as PDF, the lines don't appear but then the file itself is huge: 30MB. Has anyone seen this issue and if so, how do you solve it?  Thanks.
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I noticed that the paper size invoked by a4paper is not working right in my examples:  \documentclass[a4paper,11pt,oneside]{article} \begin{document} Test \end{document}   I checked with Preview.app and it tells me the paper size is 21.59 cm × 27.94 cm. A4 should be 21.0 cm × 29.7 cm.  When I use \usepackage[a4paper]{geometry} I notice a different size of the paper (it gets narrower) and Preview.app says: 21.01 cm × 29.71 cm, which seems right. I can reproduce this exact behavior with every class: article, book etc., scrartcl, scrreprt, etc., g-brief2 except memoir which gives me 21.01 cm x 29.71 cm    Is there something wrong or am I missing something?
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I do mockups and prototypes of sites and designs all the time, but I've always wondered if there is a standard size or width I should be using. Generally I'll make my document either 1024, 1200, or 2560px wide, depending on what I'm doing.  So what do you think? What is a good or standard size for this?
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I need to create a banner that is 18 feet wide by 2.5 feet high.  What would be the best way to go about planning this as it is going to be made in Illustrator and every element will be a vector.  Would my best bet be to create the document in its native size and then scale it down in Illustrator to keep the ratio but reduce the file size?  I've come across this before working at large sizes but not quite this large.