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Mac Forum / Country Specific / UK Mac Group / March 2008How to rotate document in Omnigraffle
Hi, I've just started playing with Omnigraffle 2.2 with OS 10.3.9. I want to do a house layout. The default document orientation is portrait mode - how do I set it to landscape? Kit > The default document orientation is portrait mode - how do I set it to > landscape? File->Page Setup? Ian  SignatureIan Robinson, Belfast, UK <http://www.canicula.com/wp/> > > The default document orientation is portrait mode - how do I set it to > > landscape? > > File->Page Setup? > > Ian Thanks! I feel a bit stupid not thinking of that... my very feeble excuse for not doing so is that I usually think of page setup in terms of printing. Kit > I've just started playing with Omnigraffle 2.2 with OS 10.3.9. > I want to do a house layout. Not an answer to your question at all, but you might want to look into Sketchup if you are doing this sort of thing. It's a 3D package but exceptionally easy to use and brilliant for doing room / house layouts. We're moving house in a couple of weeks, and on Tuesday we're visiting the new place to measure up the rooms. I'll use those measurements to build 3D models of the rooms, then add the 3D models of our furniture (which I've built over time) and shuffle them around until we find a nice layout. Then when we move in, we can put stuff straight into the best place instead of playing furniture-shuffle. I wouldn't recommend it unless you enjoy (or think you might enjoy) that sort of thing though. I'm familiar enough with Sketchup now that I can knock up a half-decent model of a new table or chair in around five minutes and a room in even less, so it works out quicker and easier than just shuffling furniture around... but it takes some time to get familiar with the concepts and techniques; when I started out it took me ages and would have been simpler to just get on with it. But I thoroughly enjoyed learning it and still thoroughly enjoy using it. -zoara- Signature"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." - Charles Darwin > > I've just started playing with Omnigraffle 2.2 with OS 10.3.9. > > I want to do a house layout. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > ages and would have been simpler to just get on with it. But I > thoroughly enjoyed learning it and still thoroughly enjoy using it. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll take a look at it. Actually, I'm not concerned with furniture at the moment. The house layout is a fictional one that I'm putting together for a story I'm writing about a very large house, so I want to make sure that as my characters walk around there is consistency. Kit > Actually, I'm not concerned with furniture at the moment. The house > layout is a fictional one that I'm putting together for a story I'm > writing about a very large house, so I want to make sure that as my > characters walk around there is consistency. On that topic; Do you use any off the writer helper applications such as Scrivener or Storymill? What do you think of them? Ian SignatureIan Robinson, Belfast, UK <http://www.canicula.com/wp/> > > Actually, I'm not concerned with furniture at the moment. The house > > layout is a fictional one that I'm putting together for a story I'm [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > On that topic; Do you use any off the writer helper applications such as > Scrivener or Storymill? What do you think of them? No, I've never tried them. I don't write screenplay type things and I've always found MS Word adequate for my minimal needs. Kit > I don't write screenplay type things and I've always found MS Word > adequate for my minimal needs. Both those I mentioned are targeted towards novels etc. rather than screenplays. I like Scivener (although I've only scratched the surface of what it does I think). Ian SignatureIan Robinson, Belfast, UK <http://www.canicula.com/wp/> > > I don't write screenplay type things and I've always found MS Word > > adequate for my minimal needs. > > Both those I mentioned are targeted towards novels etc. rather > than screenplays. I like Scivener (although I've only scratched > the surface of what it does I think). AFAIK, The One True Way for script writers is supposed to be Final Draft -- to the extent that Jonathan Woss made quite a good joke at the BAFTAs, something about whether the posters for the WAG strike used a FD template. The audience got it, being familiar with FD. I'm not sure the Man On The Clapham Omnibus did or whether He understands how picky some markets can be over script format, which FD simplifies. I've looked at FD (the sample they let you try out) and felt it would be worth getting for my Mac(s), should I ever start that scriptwriting game. Until then, I get by with WordStar for DOS and careful use of paragraph styles. SignatureAndrew Stephenson > I've looked at FD (the sample they let you try out) and felt > it would be worth getting for my Mac(s), should I ever start > that scriptwriting game. Until then, I get by with WordStar > for DOS and careful use of paragraph styles. You could take a look at the free Celtx: <http://www.celtx.com/> FWIW FD has a reputation similar to Word. Stuart Signaturecut that out to reply > > I've looked at FD (the sample they let you try out) and felt > > it would be worth getting for my Mac(s), should I ever start [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > <http://www.celtx.com/> Thanks for the suggestion. Duly filed, for when I must hurry to do a Heroic $hiny Hunt for script-related s/ware. > FWIW FD has a reputation similar to Word. Er, I need to ask: with whom? In two senses: (1) people such as our resident M $ - a p o l o g i s t probably regard Word as the cat's pyjamas hence possible agenda of a POV must be considered; and (2) AIUI, a lot of people who are NOT going to sit still for M$-style failure modes (and therefore use, eg, Macs) like it and rely on it, to the point where the format seems (NB my vagueness due to hearsay) to be a _lingua franca_ in the screen trade. But I know nothing beyond some fiddling about with FD. I report what seems true. :-) SignatureAndrew Stephenson > > FWIW FD has a reputation similar to Word. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > But I know nothing beyond some fiddling about with FD. I report > what seems true. :-) I should have been clearer, as I don't use Final Draft, so "seems to have a reputation..." would have been better. My take from reading reports over the years is that Final Draft's position as the dominant/default screenwriting program means its users have to take some rough with the smooth. Sample FD griping here: <http://johnaugust.com/archives/2004/new-final-draft-version-70-ismargin ally-better> Celtx which I mentioned is in another (lower) league, but is good fun. Stuart Signaturecut that out to reply > > > FWIW FD has a reputation similar to Word. > > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > <http://johnaugust.com/archives/2004/new-final-draft-version-70-ismargin > ally-better> Also duly filed, for time of need. I see the date is 2004, which precedes my acquaintance with FD by about a year. But okay, I'll go cautiously. Mind, FD would be utter twerps not to hasten to fix every bug the user base reports, lest they lose their market pre-eminence-- Or has that theory already been tested and found wanting, elsewhere? ;-) > Celtx which I mentioned is in another (lower) league, but is > good fun. I look forward to painting my face blue-and-white and whirling my claymore at producers and directors. SignatureAndrew Stephenson >> Actually, I'm not concerned with furniture at the moment. The house >> layout is a fictional one that I'm putting together for a story I'm [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >On that topic; Do you use any off the writer helper applications such as >Scrivener or Storymill? What do you think of them? I got a thumbs-up for Storymill off a relative a while back, but I'm not sure she did a group test before settling in to use it so I don't know how much of a recommend that is. Cheers - Jaimie Signature"Oh drat these computers, they're so naughty and so complex." -- Marvin the Martian > I got a thumbs-up for Storymill off a relative a while back, but I'm > not sure she did a group test before settling in to use it so I don't > know how much of a recommend that is. The Scrivener approach "feels" better to me. Ian SignatureIan Robinson, Belfast, UK <http://www.canicula.com/wp/> > > I got a thumbs-up for Storymill off a relative a while back, but I'm > > not sure she did a group test before settling in to use it so I don't > > know how much of a recommend that is. > > The Scrivener approach "feels" better to me. Andy Ihnatko in April's Macworld UK says he's left his Office 2008 unopened. ....at the end of his piece on why he loves Scrivener. It sounds like it suits his kind of rambling journalism. I'd say it was a recommendation. Downloading the trial now. My copy of Office 2008 is likewise unopened. SignatureTo de-mung my e-mail address:- fsnospam$elliott$$ PGP Fingerprint: 1A96 3CF7 637F 896B C810 E199 7E5C A9E4 8E59 E248 > It sounds like it suits his kind of rambling journalism. He rambles on MacBreak Weekly, too. I like that. -z- Signature"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." - Charles Darwin |
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