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DOCUMENT CONSTRUCTION
Guides palette menu
The Guides palette menu includes the following options.
New Guide: Lets you create a new guide. See “
Creating guides with the Guides •
palette.”
Cut Guide: Cuts the selected guide. •
Copy Guide: Copies the selected guide to the clipboard. •
Paste Guide: Pastes the guide currently stored on the clipboard to the active •
page or spread.
Select All: Selects all guides on the active page or spread. •
Mirror Guide: Copies the selected guide to the opposite side of the page or •
spread.
Delete Guide: Deletes the selected guide. •
Create Grid: Lets you create a grid. See “
Creating grids with the Guides palette.” •
Create Rows & Columns: Lets you create rows and columns of guides. See •
“Creating rows and columns of guides.”
Create Guides from Box: Lets you create guides from a box. See “
Creating guides •
with the Guides palette.”
Create Bleed & Safety Guides: Lets you create bleed and safety guides. See •
“
Creating bleed and safety guides.”
Show/Hide Vertical Guides: Shows or hides vertical guides. •
Show/Hide Horizontal Guides: Shows or hides horizontal guides. •
Show/Hide Page Guides: Shows or hides guides on the active page. •
Show/Hide Spread Guides: Shows or hides guides on the active spread. •
Guides in Front: Toggles guides and page grids between being in front of page •
content and being behind page content.
Snap to Guides: Turns the snap-to-guides feature on or off. •
Snap Distance: Lets you control the snap distance for the Snap to Guides •
feature.
Edit Colors: Lets you edit the colors available for guides created with the Guides •
palette.
Import: Lets you import guides from an exported guide file. •
Export: Lets you export guides into a separate file. •
See also “
Working with guides.”
Creating guides with the Guides palette
The Guides palette provides two methods for creating guides.
To create guides numerically using the Guides palette, click the Create a New •
Guide button at the top of the Guides palette or choose New from the palette
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