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The Display Boxes Inspector

The Display Boxes Inspector allows precise control over the different display boxes defined by the PDF standard. It shows the settings for the current page in the content view.

Media Box

shows the bounds of the Media Box. Changing the X and Y values will change the alignment of the content on the page. Changing the Width and Height values will resize the page. When a page is resized its contents will by default not scale to the new size, so you may wish to activate the Scale Content check box. The Proportionately check box ensures the scaling maintains the proportions of the original size so that the contents do not get warped. When the scaling is proportionate, you can choose how the contents are aligned to the new page size with the [Alignment] popup button. The [Apply to selection] button applies the current values to all pages selected in the page list. The Scaling feedback area indicates the page’s current size, relative to its original size. The Anamorphic Index is a factor of the horizontal and vertical scaling proportions, thus providing a numerical reflection of the amount by which the current size’s proportion deviates from the original size’s proportion.

The action button hosts the resizing templates menu for the media box. This menu lists the currently defined resizing templates and provides access to the template editor. It also allows resetting the media box to its original value. To quickly resize a page to a predefined size, click the action button and select a template from the menu (or press the number or letter shortcut listed at the far right of the desired menu item). To define new templates or to remove existing templates, select the Edit Media Box Templates menu item. This brings up the template editor:

The editor is very straightforward: click the [+] button to add a new template; click the [–] button to remove any selected templates. To rename a template, double click its name in the list. Enter the desired page dimensions and specify whether and how the contents are scaled.

Insets From Media Box

The [Popup] Button allows you to choose which display box’s values to consult or edit. You can individually set the top, left, bottom and right margins, by specifying a distance from the edge of the page. The [Apply settings to selected pages] button takes the settings for the currently displayed display box and applies it to all selected pages.

Mirror margins on opposite pages

if this option is checked when applying a box to selected pages then the left and right margins are swapped on pages that are conceptually on the opposite side (i.e. odd vs even pages).

The action button hosts the resizing templates menu for the display boxes. This menu lists the currently defined resizing templates and provides access to the template editor. To quickly resize a display box to a predefined size, click the action button and select a template from the menu (or press the number or letter shortcut listed at the far right of the desired menu item). To define new templates or to remove existing templates, select the Edit Display Box Templates menu item. This brings up the template editor:

Click the [+] button to add a new template; click the [–] button to remove any selected templates. To rename a template double click its name in the list. Select the display box affected by this template and enter the desired insets from the media box.

Forced Display Box

This option, when set, will force the page at hand to be rendered with that particular box in imposed layouts. It has no effect on non-imposed layouts.


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Dernière mise à jour le 22 juin 2015

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