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To use the drawing aids

You can use the Drawing Aids palette to show or hide rulers and object boundaries, set the grid, and set other preferences.

To show or hide the drawing aids  

•	To quickly show the Drawing Aids palette, double-click the rulers.

•	To show or hide the object boundaries, select Show Object Boundaries.

•	To show or hide guidelines, or the grid, select Show Guidelines and Show Grid.

•	To show or hide rulers, select Horizontal Ruler and Vertical Ruler.

•	To show or hide cross hairs, select Long Crosshairs.

To use the grid

•	To enable snap to grid, select Snap To Grid.

•	To set the grid’s origin, type new coordinates for the origin in the X and Y Origin boxes.

•	To set the grid’s interval, type new values in the X and Y Interval boxes. For example, if the grid is in 1-inch units and you specify an interval of 10, 10 grid points are displayed per inch.

To set other drawing aids   

•	To add a guideline, starting from the upper-left corner of the Layout Editor, drag the pointer onto the page. To remove a guideline, select its triangle in the ruler and drag it off the page.

•	To set the rulers’ unit of measurement, select a unit from the Units list.

•	To set the color of object boundary borders, click Styles, click the Color box, select More Colors, and either choose a predefined color from a palette or create a custom color by clicking Define Custom Color.

•	To set the object boundary border style, click Styles and select the border style for the required object.

•	To set the color of grids or guidelines, click the Color box, select More Colors, and either choose a predefined color from a palette or create a custom color by clicking Define Custom Color.

See also 

Drawing Aids palette

Drawing Aids palette menu

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To use the drawing aids