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Placing objects onto the Guides Layer
First ensure there is a guide layer in the Page & Layer Gallery,
see above. You can create objects directly on the guides layer by selecting it and creating objects as
usual.
The Page & Layer Gallery showing a guides layer
above two other layers, and selected.
You can also cut or copy
objects from another layer
and then paste those
objects into the guides
layer. To paste the objects
in the same relative position
on the guides layer use the
keyboard shortcut "Ctrl +
Shift + V".
Move to layer in front and Move to layer behind on the Arrange menu (or right click and choose "
Arrange" > "Move to layer in front/behind")
will skip the guides layer and so cannot be used to move objects onto the guides layer.
Creating a guideline
Guidelines are vertical or horizontal lines and are a quick and easy way to align a series of objects on the
page.

Turn rulers on ("Ctrl + L") or right click and choose "Show Grid/Guides" > "Show Rulers"

Drag from a ruler onto the page.
Or

Double click on the ruler to create a guideline aligned to the click point.
This automatically creates a guides layer and puts the guidelines on that layer.
Or, using the Page & Layer Gallery
:
1.
Right click in the Page & Layer Gallery and choose Properties.
2.
If necessary, click the Guides tab.
3.
Select horizontal or vertical.
4.
Click New.
5.
Type in the required position.
Deleting a guideline
Using the Selector Tool
drag the guideline onto the appropriate ruler (the vertical ruler for vertical guidelines, horizontal ruler for
horizontal).
Or, right click on the guideline and then choose Delete
.
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