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Snapping mode Description Snapping mode indicator
Text baseline Lets you snap to a point on the baseline of
artistic or paragraph text
You can choose a number of snapping options. For example, you can disable some or all snapping modes to make the application run faster.
You can also set a snapping threshold, which specifies the distance from the pointer at which a snap point becomes active. You can also turn
snapping on and off.
To turn snapping on or off
• Perform one or more tasks from the following table:
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To Do the following
Enable snapping for all objects
Click View  Snap to Objects.
Enable snapping objects to page elements (edges, edge midpoints,
and page center)
Click View Snap to Page.
Enable snapping objects to the pixel grid
Click View Snap to Pixels.
This option is available only when pixel view is enabled. For more
information, see “Choosing viewing modes” on page 60.
Enable snapping objects to the document grid
Click View Snap to Document grid.
For more information, see “Setting up the document grid” on page
511.
Enable snapping objects to the baseline grid
Click View Snap to Baseline grid.
For more information, see “Setting up the baseline grid” on page
512.
Enable snapping objects to guidelines
Click View Snap to Guidelines.
For more information, see “Setting up guidelines” on page 513.
A check mark next to the snap command indicates that snapping is turned on.
You can also press Alt + Z to toggle snapping to objects on and off, or press Ctrl + Y to toggle snapping to the document grid on
and off.
To snap objects
1 Select the object that you want to snap to the target object.