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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
menu. Use the Guide Attributes dialog box to specify the Location, Direction,
and guide Type. You can also specify the View Scale at which the guide
displays (at the default value, 0%, the guide will always display). Choose a
Guide Color and specify whether it is Locked so it cannot be moved with the