| To display the ruler, grid, or guides |
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| • | Choose the View menu, and select one of the following: |
| • | Rulers |
| • | Grid |
| • | Guides |
You must first display rulers before you can drag guidelines onto your image.
| To set ruler properties |
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| 1 | Choose File  Preferences General Program Preferences. |
| The Preferences dialog box appears. |
| 2 | Choose Units from the list. |
| 3 | In the Rulers group box, choose an option from the Display Units drop-list. |
| 4 | Choose the ruler color by selecting one of the following options: |
| • | Black on white — displays black hash marks and numbers on a white background |
| • | Toolbar colors — displays black hash marks and numbers on a color background that is used in toolbars and palettes |
| 5 | Click OK. |
| To set default or current grid properties |
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| 1 | Choose View Change Grid, Guide & Snap Properties. |
| The Grid, Guide & Snap Properties dialog box appears. |
| 2 | Click the Grid tab. |
| The Default settings group box shows the default settings for the grid. The Current image settings group box shows settings for the grid in the current image. |
| 3 | Type or set a value in the Horizontal grids control to set the distance between horizontal grid lines (starting from the top of the image). |
| 4 | Type or set a value in the Vertical grids control to set the distance between vertical grid lines (starting from the left side of the image). |
| 5 | Choose a unit of measurement option from the Units drop-list. |
| 6 | Click OK. |
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Click the Color box, and choose a color from the color palette.
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Type or set a value in the Snap influence control.
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| To place a horizontal or vertical guide |
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| 1 | If the rulers are not displayed, choose View Rulers. |
| 2 | Choose View Guides. |
| 3 | Do one of the following: |
| • | To place a horizontal guide, click the top ruler, and drag a guide into position. |
| • | To place a vertical guide, click the left ruler, and drag a guide into position. |
| As you drag, the Status bar displays the guide’s position (in pixels). |
| 4 | For further placement position, on a ruler, double-click a guide handle. |
| The Guide Properties dialog box appears. |
| 5 | Type or set a value in the Guide position control. |
| 6 | Click OK. |
| To change the color of a guide |
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| 1 | On a ruler, double-click a guide handle. |
| The Grid, Guide & Snap Properties dialog box appears. |
| 2 | On the Guides tab, click the Color box, and choose a color from the color palette. |
| 3 | Click OK. |
| To set the default properties for guides |
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| 1 | Choose View Change Grid, Guide, and Snap Properties. |
| The Grid, Guide & Snap Properties dialog box appears. |
| 2 | Click the Guides tab. |
| The Default Settings group box shows the default settings for guides. The Current Image Settings group box shows settings for the guides in the current image. |
| 3 | In the Default Settings group box, click the Color box, and choose a color from the color palette. |
| If you want to choose a recently-used color, right-click the Color box, and choose a color from the Recent Colors dialog box. |
| 4 | Type or set a value in the Snap influence control to specify the distance (in pixels) that an item must be from the guide in order for it to snap. |
| 5 | Click OK. |
| Note: You must choose the Snap to Guide command in the View menu. |
| To delete guides from an image |
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| 1 | Choose View Change Grid, Guide, & Snap Properties. |
| 2 | Click the Guides tab. |
| 3 | Mark the Delete guides check box. |
| 4 | Choose one of the following options: |
| • | From current image only |
| • | From all open images |
| 5 | Click OK. |
You can also drag a guide’s handle until the guide is off the image area, or right-click a guide handle and click Delete in the Guide Properties dialog box.
| To snap to the nearest guide or grid line |
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| • | From the View menu, choose one of the following: |
| • | Snap to Guides |
| • | Snap to Grid |
