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Using the Create Guides feature
InDesign makes it easy for you to quickly create page grids for your documents. The Create Guides feature enables you to easily divide either the entire page area or the area within margins into rows and columns with user definable gutters. Different grids can live on different layers in your document or in your InDesign libraries.[an error occurred while processing this directive]1. Layout > Create Guides takes you to the Create Guides dialog box. Check the Preview box so that you can see your guides draw on the page as you modify the settings in the dialog.
2. Specify whether you want to fit the guides to the page or the margins, the number of rows and columns you want, and the desired gutter width.
3. If you want to remove existing ruler guides already on the page, check the box.
Note: this feature will only remove guides on visible layers. If you've got ruler guides you want to keep, turn off visibility for those layers, and then use Create Guides to remove the remaining visible guides.
Storing and placing guides using libraries
You can save sets of guides as elements in an InDesign library. This enables you to create the guides once, and then store them as reusable components for use in future layouts.
1. Select one or more guides in your layout.
2. Add guides to a library by using the Add Item command on the Library palette flyout menu.
3. To place guides in a library on a page, use the Place Items command on the same menu. The guides will be placed the same location that the page that they had when they were created and saved into the library.
Note: unlike other objects, you can't drag and drop ruler guides from a library, because they are always placed at their saved coordinates.
A most useful keyboard shortcut
If you'd like to select groups of guides in order to modify or delete them, InDesign has a keyboard shortcut to make it easy.
1. Make sure the guides you want to modify or delete are on visible, unlocked layers. If individual guides are locked, you'll be able to select them and copy them, or modify their color and layer assignment, but you won't be able to move or delete them. Also check to make sure the guides you want to select aren't on a master page. In order to use this shortcut, you'll need to jump to the master page itself.
2. Use cmd/ctrl + option/alt + G to select all the currently visible and editable guides on your page. Once selected, you can either delete them or modify them.
Tim Cole worked in Tech Support at Aldus Corporation for nearly 6 years. During that time he did live technical training for PageMaker users in the areas of layout and print production. He is currently a product specialist and evangelist for Adobe InDesign. His work takes him all over the world doing technical demonstrations for Adobe users.Prev 1 2 3 4
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