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Drawing scale

You can choose a preset or custom drawing scale so that distances in a drawing are proportionate to real-world distances. For example, you can specify that 1 inch in the drawing corresponds to 1 meter in the physical world. A preset drawing scale lets you set a typical scale, such as 1:2 or 1:10. A custom drawing scale lets you set any distance on the page to correspond to a real-world distance. For example, you can set a more precise scale that includes decimal numbers, such as 4.5 to 10.6.

Drawing scales are particularly useful if you are creating a technical or architectural drawing with dimension lines. For information about dimension lines, see Dimension lines.

To choose a drawing scale

1 Click Layout

Document Options.

2 In the Options dialog box, click Rulers in the left pane.

3 Click Edit Scale in the right pane.

4 In the Drawing Scale dialog box, choose a drawing scale from the Typical scales list box.

To create a custom drawing scale, choose Custom from the Typical scales list box, and specify the settings you want.

The Edit Scale button does not appear if the ruler’s unit of measure is pixels.

If the drawing scale is set to anything other than 1:1, the units on the vertical ruler are the same as the units on the horizontal ruler.