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Questions tagged [ruler]

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What is the purpose of the tiny ruler that I've just pulled out of the side of my Dell Latitude E6430?

On the side of my Dell Latitude laptop, above the DVD drive, is a slot marked 'EC'. Pulling on it revealed a strangely shaped ruler with a temperature converter tool on the back. What is this? Why is it there?
EleventhDoctor
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Good on-screen ruler application for Windows?

What's a good (preferably free) on-screen ruler for Windows? I just need to measure a few things in pixels on the screen. I need it to be flexible (easily resizable and able to measure both vertically and horizontally), and hopefully not look like…
Sasha Chedygov
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Display Ruler Information in less (cursor position)

Sometimes, if I know I'm not going to do any edits in a window, I use less instead of vi. However, vi displays percentage and cursor position in the bottom right corner. Is there a way to mimic this behavior when using less? PS - I'm 98% that I…
goodguy5
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Photoshop Ruler Tool, multiple measurements?

I have been using Adobe Photoshop for many years, but its the first time for me to wonder about the ruler tool. I use it quite often to make measurements on the image that I am working on, but I know I can only have one measurement at a time, but I…
David
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Triangle ruler for OS X

With all the mathematics required in games or apps, why is there no such application like TriangleRuler for Mac OS X? Or Windows? Or cross-platform? [edit] I myself am looking for a tool for Mac OS X or a cross-platform tool. It would be a really…
Michahell
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How get rulers with ticks every 85 pixels (1 cm @ 216 DPI) in Illustrator?

I have a file with 800x480 pixels that will be displayed on a 216 DPI display. I would like to have Illustrator display rulers that respect this, i.e. with ticks every ~85 pixels (1 cm). Ideally, the rulers should even say cm instead of px. Is this…
bastibe
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Ruler on screen is smaller than real ruler

All the distances measured by my computer are smaller than when I measure by real ruler. This is true for any programs which has ruler. When I go to iRuler.net, the monitor dimension it distinguishes is 16.3'', while the one printed on the…
Ooker
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Fireworks CS4: Creating/Adding Guides

How do I create a guide for every 18 pixels? It's too tiresome to manually create them for a project with 1500px.
Ramon Marco Navarro
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Need help to get ARulerForWindows

Does anyone know if I can get ARulerFor Windows from any other source other than Softronic? My new employer wont appove that website to download. I have used this tool for over 10 years. It has been irreplaceable for work and personal use. I would…
Amey
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Resizing the Ruler Sliders

Is there a way to resize the indent slider arrows in Word? I feel like half the time when I'm trying to either move the whole margin or try to only move the lower arrow, I have to try three or four times to grab (or not grab) the correct handle. It…
Chris Burgess
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Tools to put pixel ruler guides to the image

I'm using Photoshop/Illustrator to design the layout of my game's title screen. When I have finished, in addition to exporting each button/image for the programmer to implement, I also want to let the programmer know the exact coordinates of where…
5argon
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Formatting margins in Word documents

I am formatting a document written by someone else and am frustrated by the wandering margins. I have tried deleting all the margins and resetting but the problem remains. The ruler at the top of the page also seems to reset at every page. What…
sally l
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Mirror indents in MS Word and wrong position of ruler handles

I created a document with mirror margins for book layout and also mirror indents to place a note box along text in each page. Options are as follows: Word Options > Advanced > Document view = Left to Right Page Setup > Margins > Multiple pages =…
iman
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Windows digital ruler which measures in percentage?

I've been trying to find a windows ruler that allows to measure in percentage for a long while without success, so asking in case you know of such a software. Basically, I just need a ruler that's vertically adjustable (ie, the length of the ruler…
mickael
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