1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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The sections of the rulers that cover the area of the slide are white.</paragraph> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3153963" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">When you select an object, its dimensions are displayed on the rulers as gray double lines. To precisely resize the object, drag one of the double lines to a new location on the ruler.</paragraph> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150206" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">When you select a text object on a slide, indents and tabs are displayed on the horizontal ruler. To change the indent or tab settings for the text object, drag an indent or a tab marker to a new location on the ruler.</paragraph> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150253" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">You can also drag a <link href="text/simpress/01/04030000.xhp" name="snap line">snap line</link> from a ruler to help you align objects on your slide. To insert a snap line using a ruler, drag the edge of a ruler into the slide.</paragraph> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153820" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">To show or hide the rulers, choose <link href="text/simpress/01/03060000.xhp" name="View - Rulers"><emph>View - Rulers</emph></link>. </paragraph> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148609" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">To specify the measurement units for a ruler, right-click the ruler, and then choose a new unit from the list.</paragraph> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149129" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">To change the origin (0 point) of the rulers, drag the intersection of the two rulers in the top left corner into the workspace. Vertical and horizontal guides appear. Continue to drag until the vertical and horizontal guides are where you want the new origin to be, and then release. To reset the origins of the rulers to the default values, double-click the intersection.</paragraph> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154651" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">To change the slide margins, drag the edge of the white areas in the rulers.</paragraph> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</body> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 53