Setting up guidelines

Guidelines are lines that can be placed anywhere in the drawing window to aid in object placement. There are three types of guidelines: horizontal, vertical, and slanted. By default, the application displays guidelines you can add to the drawing window, but you can hide them at any time.

You can add a guideline wherever you need one; however, you can also choose to add preset guidelines. There are two types of preset guidelines: Corel presets and user defined presets. Examples of Corel presets include guidelines that display at one-inch margins, and guidelines that display at newsletter column borders. User defined presets are guidelines whose location you specify. For example, you can add preset guidelines that display margins at a distance you specify or that define a column layout or grid. After you add a guideline, you can select it, move it, rotate it, lock it in place, or delete it.

You can have objects snap to the guidelines so that when an object is moved near a guideline, it can only be centered on the guideline or lined up on either side of the guideline.

Guidelines always use the unit of measure specified for rulers. For information about ruler settings, see “To customize ruler settings” on page 198.

Guidelines can be placed in the drawing window to aid in object placement.

To display or hide the guidelines

• Click View ` Guidelines.

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A check mark beside the Guidelines command indicates that the guidelines are displayed.

To add a horizontal or vertical guideline

1Click View ` Guidelines setup.

2In the list of categories, click one of the following:

•Horizontal

•Vertical

3Specify the guideline settings you want.

4Click Add.

You can also add a guideline by dragging from the horizontal or vertical ruler in the drawing window.

To modify guidelines

To	Do the following
Select a single guideline	Click the guideline using the Pick tool .
Select all guidelines	Click Edit ` Select all ` Guidelines.
Move a guideline	Drag a guideline to a new position in the
	drawing window.
Rotate a guideline	Click a guideline twice using the Pick tool
	, and rotate it when skewing handles
	display.
Lock a guideline	Click a guideline using the Pick tool	,
	and click Arrange ` Lock object.
Unlock a guideline	Click a guideline using the Pick tool	,
	and click Arrange ` Unlock object.
Delete a guideline	Click a guideline using the Pick tool	,
	and press Delete.

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