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Using alignment guides
You can align objects interactively on the drawing page by using alignment guides. Alignment guides are temporary guidelines that appear
when you create, resize, or move objects in relation to nearby objects. While dynamic guides provide precise measurements for creating
technical illustrations, alignment guides are useful in page layout to align text or graphic elements quickly and accurately.
Alignment guides appear as an object is moved.
Alignment guides help you align the centers and edges of objects. If you want to align an object at a set distance from the edge of another
object, you can set margins for the alignment guides. You can display the margin alignment guides in addition to other alignment guides, or
disable all other alignment guides and show only the margin alignment guides.
Margin alignment guides let you use offset margins, inset margins, or both. There are separate controls for horizontal and vertical margin
alignment guides, so you can modify settings for one without affecting the other.
You can offset (left) and inset (right) margin alignment guides.
Alignment guides are turned off by default. You can easily enable or disable alignment guides, or modify their default settings, including
the color and line style. You can choose whether alignment guides appear for individual objects in a group, or for the bounding box of the
group as a whole.
The Intelligent Spacing feature lets you precisely arrange and position an object in relation to other onscreen objects, and the Intelligent
Dimensioning feature lets you intuitively scale and rotate an object in relation to other onscreen objects.