portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) (03/27/91)
When working with complex figures with IRIS Showcase, you might find the need to work in higher resolution in a larger space on screen. You can achieve a good compromise between the screeen's limited resolution but large size and the printer's high resolution but limited size by setting your page size to 16.5W x 12.75H using the Set Page Size... Gizmo. This is a multiple of the 8.5 x 11 page shown in sideways orientation on the screen. When you print your document, set Page Style to Regular in the Print Gizmo. Showcase will automatically scale your document down to fit on the 8 1/2 x 11" page. This lets you work with a larger area on screen, but still achieve the same size output. The sizes 16.5 x 12.75 are scaled down from 22 x17 (twice 11x8.5) to avoid laserwriter cropping and other scaling artifacts. However, if you are using Showcase to produce a .rgb image file as the final output instead of a standard Showcase file (detailed in future tips), you should use 22x17 to get the largest possible working area. __ \/ Michael Portuesi Silicon Graphics, Inc. portuesi@sgi.com "a knife, a fork, a bottle and a cork..."