You can create and display alignment guides to aid in positioning objects on a page. You can also turn on the snapping to guides feature which makes objects snap to alignment guides when you drag near a guideline or guidelines.
Guides options can be set per page. |
Horizontal Guide
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Vertical Guide |
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Double-click on a guide that you want to adjust the position of.
Type a value to the Guide position edit box in the Edit Guide dialog box.
Click OK.
The double-clicked guide will move to the new position.
Double-click on a guide that you want to adjust the position of.
Type a value to the Guide position edit box in the Edit Guide dialog box.
Select the Keep the original guide checkbox.
Click OK.
A new guide will be created at the specified position.
When you want to place a new guide at a specified distance from an existing guide, you can type like “5.00+3.00” in, for example. |
Do one of the following:
Select the Guides checkbox from the Grid & Guides panel in the Layout tab of the Ribbon. Deselect the checkbox to hide guides.
Select the Guides checkbox from the Show & Enable panel in the View tab of the Ribbon. Deselect the checkbox to hide guides.
Press Shift+F8 to toggle Show Guides and Hide Guides.
Guides are not shown. | Guides are shown. | ||
Showing guides does not mean objects will snap to guides. You must enable the snapping to guides independently. |
Do one of the following:
Select the Snap To Guides checkbox from the Grid & Guides panel in the Layout tab of the Ribbon.
Press F8.
Even while the guides are not shown, you can enable the snapping to guides independently. |
Do the following:
Align an object or objects snapping them to guides.
Move objects.
Example
Drag the object toward the target guides to which you want to align them. | Ctrl-drag the guide to move the object snapped to it together. |
When you want to ignore Snap to Guides temporarily, press the Tab key and drag. |
Do one of the following:
Deselect the Snap To Guides checkbox from the Grid & Guides panel in the Layout tab of the Ribbon.
Press F8 while Snap To Guides is enabled.
Horizontal Guide
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Vertical Guide |
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You can clear all of the guides by selecting Remove All Guides from the context menu when no objects are selected on the page. |
Click Set Up Grid & Guides from the Grid & Guides panel in the Layout tab of the Ribbon.
Set the options.
Click OK.
Option | Description |
Show guidelines | Show or hide guides. |
Snap objects to guidelines | Enable or disable the snapping to guide. |
Guideline Color | Select a color of the guidelines from the pop-up color palette. |
Snap distance | Type a value. When an object approaches within this distance from the guidelines, it snaps to the guidelines. |