Operation Manual

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Workspace
Last updated 4/7/2015
Create ruler guides
Horizontal and vertical rulers let you check the size of objects in your document. You can also create guides in your
document, which are especially useful for lining up objects, such as form fields. You can change the unit of
measurement and color used in the ruler.
Create new ruler guides
1 Choose View > Show/Hide > Rulers & Grids > Rulers.
2 Do one of the following:
• Drag down from the horizontal ruler to create a horizontal guide, or drag right from the vertical ruler to create
a vertical guide.
• Double-click a location on the horizontal ruler to create a vertical guide, or double-click a location on the vertical
ruler to create a horizontal guide.
Show or hide guides
❖ Choose View > Show/Hide > Rulers & Grids > Guides.
Move or delete ruler guides
1 To move a guide, click the guide to select it and then drag it to a new location.
2 To delete a guide, click the guide to select it and press the Delete key.
3 To delete all guides, right-click in the ruler area and choose Clear All Guides or Clear Guides On Page.
Change guide colors
1 In the Preferences dialog box under Categories, select Units & Guides.
2 Click the Guide Color square and choose a new color from the Color pop-up menu.
Measure the height, width, or area of objects
Use the measuring tools to measure distances and areas of objects in PDF documents. The measuring tools are useful
for showing the distances and areas associated with objects in a form or computer-aided design (CAD) drawing. You
can also use these tools to measure certain areas of a document before sending it to a professional printer. The
measuring tools are available to Acrobat Reader DC users only if the PDF creator enables measuring functionality.
When you use a measuring tool, the Measurement Info panel shows information about the measurement, such as
current measurement, delta values, and scale ratio. Acrobat DC inserts comments with the values calculated for
distance, perimeter, or area.