Fixx Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 I just wonder. When I start a new document, units are always millimetres (as I prefer), but when I open any PDF, units are always points. Why? Can this be changed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 When you create a new document you will be using one of the presets (or using your own settings) and mm just happens to be the unit of measure in those presets. A PDF document has a unit of measure which is defined by points: https://www.gdpicture.com/guides/gdpicture/About a PDF format.html I don’t think that can be changed as it's part of the PDF specification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted September 12, 2022 Staff Share Posted September 12, 2022 13 minutes ago, Fixx said: when I open any PDF, units are always points. Why? As Garry has mentioned above, Affinitys PDF Library, and by extension the PDF spec uses the default units as Points - which can also be seen when viewing the 'Get Info' dialog for a PDF in macOS. 15 minutes ago, Fixx said: Can this be changed? Unfortunately it's not possible to change the PDF library/spec, however this Feedback request is valid for an option in Affinity to automatically set your default units on opened/imported documents, which we may look to add in a future update. I hope this clears things up! Fixx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkemGraham Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 I also get somewhat frustrated by the default use of points. When creating panorama in Affinity Photo (even if new pages open in mm) When creating a new document from the clipboard (eg Affinity Photo image in mm into Affinity Designer) When making Export Persona Pages in Affinity Designer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 32 minutes ago, SkemGraham said: I also get somewhat frustrated by the default use of points. I think you probably mean px not points (pt). But yes, many users have complained about that. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.1.2, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.1.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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