InDesign Scaling/Percentage View

Hi there,

 

Thanks for reaching out. In addition to the helpful responses shared earlier, you may also try the InDesign Prerelease build by following the steps suggested on this community post. Hope it helps with your worklfow.

 

Regards,

Ashutosh

Hi @lubalbs, Starting with CS6 InDesign changed the 100% view from the 1:1 monitor:image ratio that Photoshop uses, to the actual print output size—it is the equivalent of Photoshop’s View>Actual Size.

 

The 1:1 100% view isn’t as important anymore because almost all web sites are now responsive—the image or banner usually gets resized to fit in the screen’s available space. If you really want the 1:1 100% view there is a preference available via scripting that can’t be set via the UI. This would set the 100% view to the pre CS6 1:1 view:

 

//100% view as 1:1
app.generalPreferences.customMonitorPpi = 72;
app.generalPreferences.useCustomMonitorResolution = true;
app.activeWindow.zoomPercentage = 100;

 

And this would set it back to the current print view:

//reset to print version
app.generalPreferences.useCustomMonitorResolution = false;
app.activeWindow.zoomPercentage = 100;

 

InDesign doesn't do pixels...it fakes them by assuming them to be 1/72 of an inch.

So, your document is effectively 6.95 inches square. Scaling on Windows is pretty wonky but they're working on that.

I'm curious, though. What are you working on that requires pixel measurements?