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Next, the ellipse was dragged to the edge of the carton, and then down to display another dynamic
guide (left). Finally, the ellipse was positioned at the intersection of the dynamic guides (right).
The eligible snap points — the node, center, quadrant, and text baseline snap points — appear only when the corresponding
snapping modes are activated. For more information about snap points and snapping modes, see “Snapping objects” on page
225.
To set options for dynamic guides
1
Click Window Dockers Alignment and dynamic guides.
2
In the Alignment and dynamic guides docker, click the Dynamic guides button .
3 Perform one or more tasks from the following table.
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To Do the following
Enable or disable dynamic guides Enable or disable the check box in the top-right corner of the
Dynamic guides section of the docker.
Change the line style of dynamic guides Open the Line style picker, and choose a line style.
Change the color of dynamic guides Open the Line color picker, and choose a color.
Display or hide the angle of dynamic guides and the distance from
the snap point used to create the dynamic guide
Click the Display screen tips button .
Display dynamic guides that are extensions of line segments
Click the Extend along segment button .
Snap to specified invisible divisions along the dynamic guide
Click the Snap to tick spacing button , and type a value in the
Tick spacing box.
Choose the angles at which to display the dynamic guides Enable or disable the angle check boxes.
When you enable an angle check box, a preview of the dynamic
guide appears in the Guides preview window.