Go into page setup and select "Fit to" with 1 x 1. -Lars
On 3 November 2011 19:59, Evan William Kilbourne <ekilb...@calpoly.edu>wrote: > Hi, > I'd like them all to be scaled down to fit into one page grid. The page > grids are outlined in the solid blue, and I don't know how to quickly and > efficiently scale every box, text, and line down by the same amount in > order to fit it into the area. Rearranging the blocks does not necessarily > keep the connections. There are lines connected to other lines that haven't > "snapped" (excuse my lack of technical language, I'm no computer whiz) to > the X connection points. This was done for aesthetic purposes. While I > appreciate your help, or rather your prompt for further clarification, > please do understand I'm neither a programmer, coder, nor computer whiz. > > Evan W. Kilbourne > Business Administration-Accounting > Orfalea College of Business > Cal Poly San Luis Obispo > 949-307-8938 > evankilbou...@gmail.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrey Repin" <anrdae...@freemail.ru> > To: "Evan William Kilbourne" <dia-list@gnome.org> > Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2011 6:13:06 AM > Subject: Re: DIA Question > > Greetings, Evan William Kilbourne! > > > I recently started using the DIA freeware to makes a flowchart for the > > organization that I work for. My question is, is there an easy way to fit > > all the boxes onto one printable area? > > You know, programs don't (generally?) possess a gift of sentience. > They can't know, what exactly you mean by "fit all boxes onto area". > Do you want them scaled down, or just moved? And that's only one of many > possible questions. > > > I have already made the flowchart, and I don't necessarily want to go > > through again and redo the whole thing. > > You know you can rearrange blocks and they will keep connections? >.< > > > Please let me know if this is possible. > > It really depends on the exact result you want to achieve, but one thing > might > help you: Dia could show you the page grid. All objects that fit inside one > page cell, will be printed on one page. > (Honestly, page grid is displayed by default, how did you missed it?) > > > Also please let me know if there is a way to standardize the sizes of the > > boxes and text. > > Double-click the shape on palette. > > > -- > WBR, > Andrey Repin (anrdae...@freemail.ru) 03.11.2011, <17:04> > > Sorry for my terrible english... > > _______________________________________________ > dia-list mailing list > dia-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list > FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq > Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia > > _______________________________________________ > dia-list mailing list > dia-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list > FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq > Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia > >
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