Scaling object by %

I have pairs of objects of different sizes that have to be scaled in proportion to each other and, as one can't move the rules in Pages 5 [cf PageMaker] this has to be done visually for one and then to the same % for the other. Even if both objects are selected resizing only effects one of them.
As far as I can see from playing and from http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Pages/2.0/en/slng1602.html
one can only use absolute sizes.
Please prove me wrong!
Cheers, Colin
PS - thinking of getting a new iMac and 1Mb of RAM does not seem a lot - any suggestions for an amount that will keep Pages in the fashion to which it would like to be accustomerd? 2Mb?
iBook G3, 900Mhz, 640Mb RAM Mac OS X (10.4.8) Palm with TomTom

This is fairly simple with an AppleScript.
<PRE>try
tell application "Pages"
set theSel to (get selection)
if class of theSel is list and (count of theSel) > 0 then
display dialog "Enter the percent by which to scale the selection:" with title "Scale by Percent" default answer "200"
set theScale to (text returned of result) as real
set theScale to theScale / 100.0
if (theScale > 0) then
repeat with x in theSel
set h to (height of x) * theScale
set w to (width of x) * theScale
set properties of x to {width:w, height:h}
end repeat
else
error "The scale must be number greater than 0"
end if
else
error "There is nothing selected which can be scaled."
end if
end tell
on error theErr
display dialog theErr buttons {"OK"} with title "Error running script"
end try
</PRE>
Use the AppleScript Utility to enable a scripts menu, which allows you easy access to scripts such as this.
Titanium PowerBook Mac OS X (10.4.7)

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