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6.18 Using Guidelines
Guidelines allow you to easily align objects to each other or against an imaginary guide. Objects and vectors will snap to the guideline when Snap to Guidelines is enabled and the cursor is close to the guideline.
Creating Guidelines
To create a guideline, make sure the rulers are displayed (see Show Rulers) and then simply click and drag on a ruler to bring in a new guideline. You can then click it again to move it.
Rotating Guidelines
To rotate a guideline, Shift-Click on a guideline and you will enter the rotate mode. The property bar then lets you enter a specific angle of rotation if you wish.
Deleting Guidelines
To delete a guideline, press the blue X button in the property bar. The red X will delete all guidelines in the layout.
Snap to Guidelines
The Snap to Guidelines command in the Layout menu will enable or disable snapping to guidelines.
Guideline Property Bar
Guidelines have various properties that can be changed numerically to get more precise placement of the guides in the layout.
X
Enter the position of the guideline on the x-axis.
Y
Enter the position of the guideline on the y-axis.
Angle
Enter the angle of the guideline in degrees. Normally, only positive numbers will appear here, although negative numbers are allowed.
Convert to Horizontal Guide
Convert to Vertical Guide
Angled Guideline
Lock Guideline
Center the Guideline
Snap to Guidelines
Selectable Guidelines
Delete Guide
Delete All Guides
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