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Anonymous
August 31, 2022
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Feature Request - Rulers and Grids in Adobe Express

  • August 31, 2022
  • 47 replies
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I love to design things but I am a beginner. An app that has rulers and guides is easier for me to line everything up and ultimately it is one of the factors on which subscription I will subscribe to. If I am able to line everything up the overall creation will be better and helpful in the process.

    Correct answer Amitej S

    Three years later and we finally get a reply? Well I've already moved on to Canva. 


    Hi everyone! 

    Adobe Express now has rulers and guides functionality. Please visit 'Use Rulers and Guides in Designs' to see details on using this feature. Do share your feedback. 

    Thanks! 

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    Denise31978484cy04
    New Participant
    February 14, 2024

    I cannot believe there are no rulers!!!! Grief!

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      BirdBalloons
      New Participant
      February 5, 2024

      I'd love for this feature to be added. I feel like it's actually necessary in order to maintain brand consistency across media to ensure logo placement and other critical elements are positioned properly. Let's go Adobe; make this one happen please!

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        BirdBalloons
        New Participant
        February 5, 2024

        Additionally, I'd like to see asset sizes in real time. A little stamp with "w x h" next to an image/asset when re-sizing would go a long way!

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          Justin35121143g86k
          New Participant
          January 30, 2024

          How is this NOT a baseline feature? I have never used any kinds of design tool that doesn't have rulers, all the way back to PrintShop! How in the world are you supposed to line things up and measure designs for printed projects?! Adobe is supposed to be IT in design. Pathetic. 

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            Eric28092415f5jw
            New Participant
            January 5, 2024

            I'm also experiencing frustration about not having rulers and guides or grids. I'm placing text on an arc that needs to be a circle that is concentric with another circle, and it's really difficult to get the centers aligned. Former Adobe employee.

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              default34463834c0nbzn
              New Participant
              January 1, 2024

              RULERS AND GUIDES ARE SORELY NEEDED. THIS IS SO STANDARD, I CAN'T BELIEVE WE NEED TO ASK.

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                Elani296258998clc
                New Participant
                November 25, 2023

                Please add Rulers and Grids options to Adobe Express! It will take your app to the next level

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                  Jeff26934845x23s
                  New Participant
                  December 10, 2023

                  I agree. To be legit in this space this is a necessity. Love the app but this is a base feature. 

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                    Tiffany21947544ujbk
                    New Participant
                    July 7, 2023

                    It is absolutely ridiculous that this wasn't a basic element to this program. And even more upsetting that this was posted almost a year ago and nothing has been done. I've been using Express for only 3 days. Restarting Canva Pro already. Such a shame. I expected much more from Adobe.

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                      Lyn_D
                      Inspiring
                      May 23, 2023

                      Hey everyone!

                       

                      Thanks for sharing your feedback about the much-needed ruler feature. Your input is genuinely appreciated!

                       

                      Please vote here (if you haven't already) to catch our engineering team's attention, as this feature is #LongOverdue. 😞

                       

                      Let's show our support and hopefully implement it as soon as possible.

                      Thank you all for your fantastic support!

                       

                      Lyn

                       

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                        Way Finders
                        New Participant
                        October 17, 2024

                        Tried to vote, got 404'd. Can't believe there still aren't grids and rules in this app.

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                          christopherl85163918
                          New Participant
                          May 17, 2023

                          In full agreement with other commenters, Express needs rulers!

                          Coworkers in different departments here use Canva while I use the full Adobe Creative Suite, including Stock. We want to port them to Express rather than Canva because of the Stock availability, but certain missing features (like the ruler) prevent me from choosing Express sometimes.

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                            randywolf244
                            New Participant
                            May 12, 2023

                            I love express and I hate Canva. But something both tools are missing are rulers and guides. Or the ability to show a grid. At the very least just something to show the rule of thirds on a project.

                              Shawn Kosel
                              Shawn Kosel
                              Community Expert
                              May 15, 2023

                              Hello, couldn't agree more.  The team has been made aware by several people.  There are work arounds, using shapes and lines to help with layout or searching for grids or lined/grid paper in Desing Assets and using that as an overlay.  Not a solution, just a work around.  Good luck!

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                                laurak11512052
                                New Participant
                                June 26, 2023

                                I'm about to switch platforms because of this issue. It's been nearly a year since someone brought it up here, and it should be standard in any sort of design software. And to boot, I just contacted help about this and the person said they would help me, then didn't answer, then didn't, then sent me to some closed office and disappeared without giving me a chance to respond. Frustrating. 

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