CorelDRAW Help | Modifying guidelines

Quick links to procedures on this page:

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To select a guideline

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To move or rotate a guideline

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To lock or unlock a guideline

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To set the line style and color of a guideline

Modifying guidelines

After you add a guideline, you can select it, move it, rotate it, or lock it in place. You can also change the line style and color of guidelines.

To select a guideline

To	Do the following
Select a single guideline	Click the guideline with the Pick tool .
Select all guidelines on a page	Click Edit Select all Guidelines. The local guidelines and master guidelines are selected.

To move or rotate a guideline

1 .

Click Window

Dockers

Guidelines.

2 .

Select the guideline.

3 .

Perform any of the following tasks.

To	Do the following
Move a guideline	Specify the new location of the guideline in the x and y boxes, and click Modify. You can also drag a guideline to a new position in the drawing window.
Rotate a guideline	Choose Angled from the Guideline type list box, type a value in the Angle of rotation box, and click Modify. You can also use the Pick tool to click the guideline twice and then rotate the guideline when skewing handles appear.

To lock or unlock a guideline

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Right-click the guideline, and click Lock object or Unlock object.

You can also click Window Dockers Guidelines and click the Lock guideline button .

To set the line style and color of a guideline

1 .

Click Window

Dockers

Guidelines.

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Open the Guideline color picker, and choose a guideline color.

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Open the Guideline style picker, and choose a line style.

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