<div dir="ltr">By the way Nasser, the coordinates/sizes used in Ipe are postscript points, which are equal to 1/72 of an inch. You can find number of postscript points in standard page sizes here:<div><a href="https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper-ps.txt">https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper-ps.txt</a></div><div>-- Nathaniel</div><div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 4:22 PM, Nathaniel Cunningham <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nathaniel.cunningham@gmail.com" target="_blank">nathaniel.cunningham@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Nasser,<div>You can define a new style sheet (.isy file) with just 3 lines in it. it should look just like the "letterpaper" style given near the top of this manual page:<div><a href="http://ipe.otfried.org/manual/manual_27.html" target="_blank">http://ipe.otfried.org/manual/<wbr>manual_27.html</a><br></div><div>...except that the dimensions will be appropriate for A4 paper, with the width (1st number) larger than the height. Give it a name (both the filename and the ipestyle name) like "a4portrait" instead of "letterpaper".</div><div><br></div><div>Then load that file as a style sheet for your document using Edit --> Style Sheets --> Add. Then Edit --> Update Style Sheets to make it take effect.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope that works for you!</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>-- Nathaniel </div></font></span></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 2:11 PM, Nasser M. Abbasi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nma@12000.org" target="_blank">nma@12000.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
I'd like to make a drawing where I want<br>
to put many items in it. It will be easier if I can<br>
make the IPE drawing rotate side-way so it is<br>
landscape instead of the default mode (portrait).<br>
<br>
i.e. the page will still be default A4 size when saved,<br>
but when I draw on the screen, if the drawing area is<br>
landscape it is easier for me to fit things on it<br>
when it is wider than taller.<br>
<br>
I looked at options to see if I can rotate canvas, but<br>
do not see such options. I do not know how to<br>
style sheets or any advanced features of IPE.<br>
<br>
thank you,<br>
--Nasser<br>
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