using rulers and guides-creating new guides

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Create guides

You can create guides both on stage and off stage (using the menu) in different ways.

Create guides easily on stage using the following methods:

If the rulers aren’t showing, choose View > Show Rulers.
Position the pointer on the left ruler for a vertical guide or on the top ruler for a horizontal guide.
Drag the guide into position.

If the rulers aren’t showing, choose View > Show Rulers.
Double-click on the exact point on the ruler where you want to position your guide.

If the rulers aren’t showing, choose View > Show Rulers.
Right-click on an existing guide and choose Add New Guide.
A guide is created 20 pixels to the right (vertical guide), or 20 pixels to the bottom (horizontal guide).

You can create a grid at one go, or add guides individually to your Captivate design area.

Choose View > New Guide.

Adding new guides
Specify whether it is a horizontal or vertical guide, and specify its position in pixels accordingly from the left of the stage or the top. Click OK.

A new guide is created.

You can create a set of evenly spaced guides at one go.

Choose View > Create Multiple Guides.

Creating multiple guides
Specify the number of columns and rows and the required width between each guide. For the gutter, type a value to specify the padding around each guide. Later when you specify an object to snap to guide, if the object is within the gutter space of a guide, it snaps to that guide.
Select:
Center Column: if you want to create the guides from the center of the stage.
Clear Existing Guides: if you want to delete all earlier guides.
Note:
All the values specified while creating multiple guides are in pixels.
Click OK.
Note:
You can create a maximum number of 50 guides at a time using this menu.

A set of guides is created on the stage.

Lilybiri · Answer

This is not a question, I unmarked it as question. This is part of the Help documentation. I blogged about use cases for Rulers and Guides:

Guides don't look always perfectly on the exact location where you wanted them.

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