Guides palette menu

The Guides palette menu includes the following options.

  • New Guide: Lets you create a new guide. See “Creating guides with Guide Manager Pro.”
  • 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 Guide Manager Pro.”
  • 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 Guide Manager Pro.”
  • 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 in Guide Manager Pro.
  • Import: Lets you import guides from an exported guide file.
  • Export: Lets you export guides into a separate file.

See also “Working with guides.”

Guides palette menu