2015

QuarkXPress automatically places column guides and margin guides in all new Print
layouts. You can specify their position in the Column Guides and Margin Guides
fields in the New Project dialog box (File > New > Project) or in the New Layout
dialog box (Layout > New).
When a master page is displayed in the project window, you can use the Master Guides
& Grid dialog box (Page > Master Guides & Grid) to change the placement of column
guides and margin guides. If you check Automatic Text Box in the New Project dialog
box (File > New > Project) or the New Layout dialog box (Layout > New), the values
you specify in the Margin Guides area define the size and placement of the automatic
text box.
For information about creating column and margin guides, see "Configuring a master
page grid."
For more information, see "Guide Manager Pro XTensions software."
Ruler guides
Ruler guides (or simply "guides") are nonprinting guidelines that you can position
manually. You can create ruler guides by dragging them off the horizontal and vertical
rulers (View > Rulers). You can create ruler guides on master pages and on individual
layout pages.
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To create a horizontal ruler guide, click the top ruler; when the pointer displays, drag
the ruler guide into position on the page. To create a vertical ruler guide, click the
vertical ruler, and then drag the ruler guide onto the page when the pointer
displays. If the Measurements palette is open when you drag a ruler guide, the guide's
position is indicated in the X field (for vertical ruler guides) or the Y field (for horizontal
ruler guides).
• If, as you create a horizontal ruler guide, you release the mouse button when the ruler
guide is positioned over the pasteboard, the ruler guide will extend across the pasteboard
and all the pages in the spread. If you release the mouse button when the horizontal
ruler guide is positioned over a document page, the ruler guide will display only on
that page.
• To reposition a ruler guide, click it, and then drag it to a different location when the
guide pointer displays. You can also double-click the ruler guide with the Item tool
selected and enter a new location into the Guide Manager Pro dialog box.
• To remove a ruler guide, drag the guide off the page.
• To remove all ruler guides from a page, scroll until a portion of the page displays, then
press Option/Alt and drag the guide back on to the ruler.
• To remove all ruler guides from a spread's pasteboard, scroll until a portion of the
pasteboard displays, then press Option/Alt and click a portion of the ruler.
See also "Guide Manager Pro XTensions software."
Snapping to guides
QuarkXPress lets you create a "magnetic field" around guides so that when you drag
an item close to a guide, it automatically aligns with it. This feature is called Snap to
Guides (View menu) and the width of the magnetic field is called the Snap Distance.
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