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    I like having the grid visible for guides during a project, but almost every time I go into Utilities>Options>Grid & Ruler Spacing, and try to enter values (e.g., Major Spacing 1 foot, # of Subdivisions 48, or most other inch-based entries tried)I get Warning msge, telling me "The grid spacing entered was invalid, must be a positive, non-zero measurement" etc. But the values I'm trying to enter ARE positive, non-zero measurements! This is driving me nutbags. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

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    Have you changed "Units" to feet. Then Guides and Rulers to "1ft" with 48 subdivisions. Be sure and change the "Nudge" units also under "General"

    I did this and no errors.
    Here's a .xar file set that way for you to look at.

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    For Grant E. Remington:
    Thanks for taking the time to write! The weird thing I found out is, Xara will 'accept' a suggested spacing that is abbreviated (e.g., 'ft' or 'in') but will not accept it if foot or inch is spelled out. (???)
    At any rate, we're off and running...Thanks again.

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    Welcome to the Xara Conferences.

    Abbreviations are important, pix for pixels, in for inches, pt for points. And I think they have to be written 100pix, 12in, 24pt with no spaces.

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    Default Re: "Grid & Ruler Spacing" problems--Some help, PLEASE!

    Gary,

    Thanks a lot!

    This was also driving me crazy. Why it has to be that way, makes no sense to me but I sure love using Xara Xtreme 4 Pro!!!

    Mark

 

 

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