Viewport scale

I have a drawing that is at 1:1 in model space. However when I set up the sheet in paper space to the same 1:1 scale the drawing in the viewport is messed up and all the text that is a part of the parcels, alignments and profiles are huge and I cannot see anything else. When I reduce the size of the text in paper space I can barely see it in model space. Help!?

I think that could be an annotation issue, there are some good advice here or just search the web ellen finklestien has some great tips.

I have a drawing that is at 1:1 in model space. However when I set up the sheet in paper space to the same 1:1 scale ....

unless what you are drawing is the actual size of the paper, then you can't have the paper space scale set at 1:1. As an example, try 1:5 for mech parts, 1:100 for houses, 1:1000 for landscapes. If you are of the metric persuasion that is :wink: