Artboard size dos'nt fit to rulers

Hi
I opend a new document with a dv\pal size: 720X576 pixels. it opens with
a green frame and rulers for X and Y, that do not fit to the general rulers.
The rulers was set to pixels too, but giv difrrent readings (see attached screen picture).
How can I fux it?
Thanks

The behavior is correct. AI works in square pixels. It is merely referencing the anamorphic pixel dimensions which the final output creates based on the PAR. If it's annoying you, enable the artboard tool, then in the options bar click the Advanced settings and change the PAR for the rulers to 1 in the poanel (see images)
Mylenium

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