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Guides - Important Tips

Some of the important tips to be kept in mind while using guides.

    • To add horizontal guides drag down from the top ruler.
    • To add a vertical guide drag right from the left ruler.
    • To reposition a guide, click it with the move tool and drag it to another position.
    • To remove guides drag it off the workspace.
    • To hide and show guides select View > Show guides.

 

    • To lock the guides so that they cannot be moved select View > Lock Guides.

 

    • To delete all guides, select View > Clear Guides.

 

  • Snap to Guides is a handy tool for achieving perfect alignment. To do this, select View > Snap to > Guides.