Operation Manual

514 | CorelDRAW X8 User Guide
Guidelines can be placed in the drawing window to aid in object placement.
To display or hide the guidelines
•
Click View Guidelines.
A check mark beside the Guidelines command indicates that the guidelines are displayed.
You can also display or hide the guidelines by clicking Window Dockers Guidelines and clicking the Show or hide guidelines
button .
You can also access additional guideline options by clicking Tools Options, and then clicking Guidelines in the Document list of
categories.
To add a horizontal or vertical guideline
1
Click Window Dockers Guidelines.
2 Choose one of the following options from the Guideline type list box:
• Horizontal
• Vertical
3 Specify the location of the guideline in the x or y box.
4 Click Add.
You can also add a guideline by dragging from the horizontal or vertical ruler to the drawing window.
To add an angled guideline
1
Click Window Dockers Guidelines.
2 Choose Angled from the Guideline type list box
3 Specify the location of the guideline in the x and y boxes.
4 Type a value in Angle of rotation box.
5 Click Add.