Snap to Guides?

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I could *swear* I've been using Snap to Guides for many many versions of Illustrator. But now, I can neither locate it (wasn't it with Snap to Pixel and the others in the View menu?), nor do items actually snap readily to guides that I set up. This seems counterintuitive to a vector-based program to me. I need precision in my drawings. I set up my guides and expect to be able to snap a shape into place at those guides. What am I missing? This used to be super simple. It works great in Photoshop, but not Illustrator?

S_Gans · Accepted Answer

Nowadays, the command is "Snap to Point", and it does work for guides (at least on my setup - Illustrator 22.0.1 on MacOS Sierra 10.12.6) - Take a look at How to use rulers, grids, and guides in Illustrator

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Choose View > Snap To Point.
Select the object you want to move, and position the pointer on the exact point you want to align with anchor points and guides.
Note:When snapping to a point, the snapping alignment depends on the position of the pointer, not the edges of the dragged object.
Drag the object to the desired location.
When the pointer comes within 2 pixels of an anchor point or guide, it snaps to the point. When a snap occurs, the pointer changes from a filled arrowhead to a hollow arrowhead.

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