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that it partly overlaps the inside of the shape and partially goes outside).
With scale line widths on, the width of the outline is deemed to be important and so 'snap to grid' will
snap the bounds of objects, including outlines, to the grid. Snap to objects will allow you to snap using
the bounds or the outline center lines. If the outlines as they appear on screen are small, so there is little
difference between these two snapping positions, bounds snaps are favored. So zoom in if you want to
snap outline centers in this case.
With scale line widths off, 'snap to grid' and 'snap to objects' will snap the center lines of objects, ignoring
the outline widths.
Because snapping honors the Scale line widths switch it means that the bounds used by snapping are
always the same bounds that are reported in the Selector Tool
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Magnetic object snapping (snap to objects)
Magnetic object snapping makes it much easier to accurately position objects relative to each other or
relative to the page center or edges.
So, for example, if you want several lines to start at exactly the same point, or want a line to exactly join
the edge of a circle, then using "magnetic object snap" is useful.
You can even use this to align the centers of objects, or align objects to the center of the page, or align
them horizontally and vertically anywhere in the middle of the page.
Magnetic snapping works when either moving or scaling objects using the Selector Tool
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Click and drag on the object you want to snap. As you drag, Web Designer Premium displays a magnet
icon, blue lines and red points whenever you are near a "point of interest" that it has snapped to.
Snap indicators
Snap indicators are shown whenever a snap occurs. That is whenever a point of interest on the object
you are dragging comes in range of a point of interest in the document (which could be on another object
or be part of the page). Web Designer Premium snaps to the point of interest and the mouse pointer
changes to show a magnet symbol so you know a snap has happened. Also further indications are shown
dynamically on screen to help you see what snap has occurred.
A red dot indicates that a specific point has snapped
A blue line indicates a snap to some feature of another object (e.g. to the edge of a rectangle).
An orange line indicates a snap to a page feature (corners, edges, center)
The snap indicator lines pulse to show that they are temporary "live" indicators and to help them be seen
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