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18 FreeHand to Illustrator Migration Guide
S E T T I N G U P A N E W D O C U M E N T
How do I set up measurement units?
In Illustrator, there are several ways to select units of measurement:
In the Preferences dialog box, choose Units & Display Performance and
select a unit of measurement. You can also choose dierent units for Stroke
and Type, which are typically measured in points.
Choose the global measurement unit when you create a new document. You
can always change the unit of measurement later by using the Document
Setup dialog box.
Override the default units by entering a value in the Control panel. For
example, follow the value by any of the these abbreviations: inch, inches, in,
millimeters, millimetres, mm, Qs (one Q equals 0.25 millimeter), centime-
ters, centimetres, cm, points, p, pt, picas, pc, pixel, pixels, and px.
Using Guides and grids
Guides help you align text and graphic objects. You can create ruler guides
(straight vertical or horizontal lines) and guide objects (vector objects that you
convert to guides). You can choose between two guide styles—dots and lines—
and you can change the color of guides by using either predened grid colors or
colors you select using a color picker. By default, guides are unlocked, and can
be moved, modied, or deleted. Guides can be locked in place by choosing View
> Guides > Lock Guides.
When you choose View > Show Grid, a grid appears behind your artwork in the
illustration window. To change the spacing between gridlines, color of the grid-
lines, or grid style, choose Illustrator > Preferences > Guides & Grid (Mac OS) or
Edit > Preferences > Guides & Grid (Windows). Grids and guides do not print.
Where is the Guides Layer?
In FreeHand, there is a default layer called Guides that allows you to move
guides over or under the artwork. In Illustrator, guides belong to the layer on
which they were created; to emulate FreeHands behavior, create a layer and
name it Guides. You can add guides to that layer, turn the layer on or o, and
move it over or under the layers of your artwork.
Tip: To emulate the snapping feature
in FreeHand, activate Smart Guides in
Illustrator by choosing View > Smart
Guides. Smart Guides are temporary
snap-to guides that help you create,
align, edit, and transform objects relative
to other objects.
Tip: Right-click (or Control-click in
Mac OS) in the ruler to open a menu
from which you can select the unit of
measurement.
Tip: You can perform simple math in
any box that accepts numeric values
using a single mathematical operator,
such as + (addition), - (substraction),
x (multiplication), / (division), or %
(percent).
Units & Display Performance preferences let
you choose your measurement system.
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