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minneola24
minneola24
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July 8, 2009
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How to find center of document?

  • July 8, 2009
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Hello,

I use the guides (the lines to help you align stuff) and I am having trouble finding the center. Is ther a way to have a cross hair at the center with the guides or something because I want to allign my artwork at the center because it looks off center now.

Thankyou guys!

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      Correct answer _Billb_

      You should be able to just pull a guide onto the artboard from the top and side ruler and place them anywhere on the artboard.

      (make sure they aren't locked)

      Click the Align to Artboard

      Click on a guide with the Black selection arrow, and click on the horizontal or verticle centering button

      Thats it!

      No need for drawing anything or actions etc. it's pretty quick and easy...

      Bill

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      David_at_Summit
      Inspiring
      July 8, 2024

      If using the align-center controls is not working or not practical in your scenario, here is an alternate way to find the orthogonal center of the artboard or any other object. Create a rectangle the same size and in the same position as the artboard or object, change the transformation anchor to any corner, then set the height and width of the new rectangle to fifty-percent ("50%"). The anchor point in the opposite corner of the rectangle is now the orthogonal center.

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        Yoni707
        Participating Frequently
        September 13, 2020

        OR YOU CAN ALWAYS CHOOSE ARTBOARD OPTIONS AND CHOOSE SHOW CROSS HAIRS FROM THERE, IT WILL SHOW THE CENTRE MARK OF EVERY ARTBOARD OUTOMATECLY.

         

        check this out for more details.

        https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjRrBdFkdUfBWihLUX4sBDQ?app=desktop

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          sana_com_au
          Participant
          July 10, 2009
          minneola24 wrote:
           Is ther a way to have a cross hair at the center

          i was skiming through the threads others have written regards to your enquiry.  There is a way to do what you need in terms of cross hair in the middle of your artboard. double click on your artboard icon and and go to display and check the "show center mark" box.

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            _Billb_Correct answer
            Participant
            July 9, 2009

            You should be able to just pull a guide onto the artboard from the top and side ruler and place them anywhere on the artboard.

            (make sure they aren't locked)

            Click the Align to Artboard

            Click on a guide with the Black selection arrow, and click on the horizontal or verticle centering button

            Thats it!

            No need for drawing anything or actions etc. it's pretty quick and easy...

            Bill

              minneola24
              minneola24Author
              Participant
              July 9, 2009

              Thanks!! Your the man

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              Wade_Zimmerman1
              Inspiring
              July 9, 2009

              But an action would have been easier if there were not this little bug, you hit a keyboard shortcut there you are two guides to bad also that the guides are not actionable but the are I believe scriptable and I get to report two bugs and you have a satisfactory way of doing what you want.

              Good thread.

              J
              Jesseham
              Inspiring
              July 8, 2009

              You have the "align to artboard" button in your align panel.

              In CS3, it looks like this:

              minneola24
              minneola24Author
              Participant
              July 8, 2009

              Okay, I have CS4 but that button is till there. I check select to artboard and nothing happens, it gets selected thoe. What do I do after I select that option?

              Monika Gause
              Community Expert
              Monika GauseCommunity Expert
              Community Expert
              July 9, 2009

              This little menu just sets the reference object for aligning the objects. After selecting the artboard there you still have to click the buttons to horizontally and vertically center yout objects on the artboard.

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