Setting up guidelines

Guidelines are vertical or horizontal lines that you can add anywhere in the image window to help you measure, align, and position image components. The guidelines use the same units of measure as the rulers. When you save an image in the Corel PHOTO-PAINT application, the guidelines are saved too.

You can display or hide the guidelines. You can also add, remove, move, and lock guidelines in the image window. You can add angled guidelines and rotate existing guidelines.

You can have objects and editable areas snap to guidelines, so that when you move an object or editable area to a guideline, the object or editable area automatically aligns to that guideline. You can set the sensitivity of this feature so that the object or editable area snaps when you move within a specific number of pixels of a guideline.

You can change the color and line style of the guidelines to make them stand out against the image background. By default, when you select a guideline, it turns red. When you deselect a guideline, it turns blue.

To display or hide the guidelines

•	Click View Show guidelines.

You can also display or hide the guidelines by clicking Window Dockers Guidelines and clicking the Show guidelines button .

Guidelines displayed

To add a horizontal or vertical guideline

1 .	Click Window Dockers Guidelines.

You can also add a guideline by dragging from the horizontal or vertical ruler to the image window.

To add an angled guideline

1 .	Click Window Dockers Guidelines.

To remove a guideline

1 .	Click Window Dockers Guidelines.

3 .	Click the Delete guideline button .

You can also remove individual guidelines by dragging them off the image window.

To move a guideline

1 .	In the toolbox, click the Object pick tool .

You can also move a guideline by nudging it.

To move a guideline by specifying x and y coordinates, click Window Dockers Guidelines. Select the guideline, type values in the x and y boxes, and click Modify.

To rotate a guideline

1 .	In the toolbox, click the Pick tool .

To	Do the following
Rotate a guideline	Click the guideline twice, and then rotate the guideline when rotation handles appear. You can also rotate a guideline by choosing Angled from the Guideline type list box, typing a value in the Angle of rotation box, and clicking Modify.
Rotate multiple guidelines	Hold down Shift, select the guidelines, click a selected guideline again, and rotate the guidelines when the rotation handles appear. The center of rotation is determined by the last guideline you selected.
Rotate a guideline by a specific value	Click the guideline twice to display the rotation handles, and type a value in the Angle of rotation box on the property bar. You can also rotate multiple guidelines by a specific value.
Rotate a guideline in 15º increments	Click the guideline twice to display the rotation handles, hold down Ctrl, and rotate the guideline. You can also rotate multiple guidelines in 15º increments.
Change the pivot point	Drag the guideline’s center of rotation to a new location or type a value in the Center of rotation box on the property bar.

To lock or unlock the guidelines

•	Click View Lock guidelines.

You can also lock a guideline by clicking Window Dockers Guidelines and clicking the Lock guideline button .

To have objects and editable areas snap to the guidelines

•	Click View Snap to Guidelines.

You can also set objects and editable areas to snap to a guideline by clicking Window Dockers Guidelines and clicking the Snap to guideline button .

To set the snap sensitivity of the guidelines

1 .	Click Tools Options.

To set the line style and color of a guideline

1 .	Click Window Dockers Guidelines.

Changing the line style or color affects all existing guidelines and any subsequent guidelines that you add.

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