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Old 01-18-2007, 08:20 AM
AstroBobbit AstroBobbit is offline
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When placing the signature in DynaStrip, you can hold alt to centre the signature and type in a grip. As you know, this says grip at bottom. There is no way to change this, but you can ignore it if you like.

Try this. Instead of holding alt when you place the signature, you can tap the space bar (tap, not hold!). After tapping the space bar, a diagonal green line appears. There are X,Y co-ordinates at the bottom left of the window. These co-ordinates are of one end of the green line, using the other end of the green line as an origin. That is to say, the co-ordinates of the bottom left corner of the signature using the bottom left corner of the sheet as an origin. You can move the ends of the green line about simply by clicking. Try clicking on the top centre of the signature and the top centre of the sheet. The X,Y co-ordinates may now be typed in as a zero horizontally (centred), and a negative amount vertically (grip).

Or what most people can do is forget what they were taught about gripping in the heads. Can you think of a good reason why this is necessary? I would only go to the bother of gripping in the heads if there were risky registration at the head end of a job.

Having said that, if you invest the time in getting your sheets looking exactly how you want them, then you should export them for future use. In sheet mode, at the bottom of the action list are the tools to save an load sheets. A single sheet template is good for any length of job, even if there's a work and turn needed.
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