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Creating ruler guides
Ruler guides are different from grids in that they can be positioned freely on a page or on
a pasteboard. You can create two kinds of ruler guides:
page
guides
, which appear only on
the page on which you create them, or
spread
guides
, which span all pages and the paste-
board of a multiple-page spread. You can drag any ruler guide to the pasteboard. A ruler
guide is displayed or hidden with the layer on which it was created. (See
“Working with
layers” on page 67
.)
New ruler guides always appear on the target spread. For example, if several spreads are
visible in the document window and you drag a new guide into the window, the new
guide becomes visible only on the target spread. (See
“Targeting and selecting spreads or
pages” on page 46
.)
A.
Spread guide
B.
Page guide
To create guides:
1
Make sure that the correct spread is targeted; if necessary, click the spread in the
document window to target it.
2
If the document contains multiple layers, click a layer name in the Layers palette to
target the layer.
3
Do one of the following:
•
To create a page guide, position the pointer inside a horizontal or vertical ruler and then
drag to the desired location on the target spread. If you drop the guide onto the paste-
board, it spans the pasteboard and spread; it will act as a page guide if you later drag it
onto a page.
•
To create a spread guide, drag from the horizontal or vertical ruler, keeping the
pointer in the pasteboard but positioning the guide at the desired location on the
target spread.
Horizontal spread guide
A
B
