AppleWorks: Paintable Area and Margins in Paint Documents

In ClarisWorks 2.0 through AppleWorks 5.0.3, page margins and the size of the paint area, in pixels, are independent of each other. When you set the page margins in a paint document, you must change the pixels to enlarge or reduce the work area.

Changing the Work Area

1. Choose Document from the Format menu.

2. Enter the new page margins (if required) in the Document window.

3. Enter the new work area in the size section of the Document window.

4. Click OK.

How to Determine the Number of Pixels in a Work Area

1. Determine your page margins.

2. Add the left and right margins together.

3. Subtract the sum of the left and right margins from 8.5.
8.5 is the page width in inches.

4. Multiply the result by 72.
(one inch = 72 at 72 DPI or 300 at 300 DPI)

5. Enter this result in Pixels Across.

6. Add the top and bottom margins together.

7. Subtract the sum of the top and bottom margins from 11.
11 is the page length in inches.

8. Multiply the result by 72.

9. Enter this result in Pixels Down.

Example

To change the margins from 1-inch to one-half inch (0.5), the pixel size would be

• .5 +.5 = 1
• 8.5 - 1 = 7.5
• 7.5 x 72 = 540 pixels across
• .5 +.5 = 1
• 11 - 1 = 10
• 10 x 72 = 720 pixels down

If you want to use a different paint resolution substitute that screen size in place of 72.