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Column and margin guides
Column and margin guides show where a page’s outside margins are and where
columns (if any) should be placed.
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.”
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.
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. ●