Empty Rulers in Draw

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#1

I started a new file in Draw where the rulers looked OK - had inch increments
displayed. I later opened it to continue work on it, but the rulers are
empty - no increments displayed, just blank rulers. How do I get the
measurements to display?

"Rulers visible" in Options is checked
Using LibreOffice version 4.3.7.2 & Windows 7

Thanks for your help!
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#2

I started a new file in Draw where the rulers looked OK - had inch increments displayed. I later opened it to continue work on it, but the rulers are empty - no increments displayed, just blank rulers.

I think this happens naturally if the unit of measurement is sufficiently large, so that all the incremental marks will be so far apart that they are off the display.

How do I get the measurements to display?

Go to Tools | Options... | LibreOffice Draw | General | Settings | Unit of measurement - and choose something other than kilometre or mile.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker

#3

Thanks Brian, but that's not the problem. I have the Unit of Measure set
to inches - just like it was yesterday when I initiated the file and the
incremental marks displayed. Any other thoughts?

Al

#4

The other explanations I can think of are:

o Your drawing page size is correspondingly smaller - so as to produce the same effect.

o You have Drawing scale (in the same Options dialogue) set sufficiently high - perhaps 10:1 or whatever. If you change this, I think you may need to save and reopen your document to see the effect; this corresponds to your original problem description.

Brian Barker

#5

You nailed it! I had the scale set very high - 40:1. Guess I'll just
have to play with scale vs unit of measure vs page size to be able to
use the rulers.

Thanks for your help!
Al