How do i create guides/grid lines which show me the centre point ?

[HayleighSmith]

Hi,

I'm really sorry if this is completely obvious but I can't seem to find an answer to this anywhere. I'm a Photoshop user that's not used to Illustrator CC.

When i want to align something in the middle of a canvas in Photoshop i create guides that show me the centre point of the canvas, i do this by going to:

View > New Guide > Select orientation (horizontal or vertical) > in the 'Position' field i enter '50%' and it shows a line on the page that's exactly in the middle of my canvas.

How do i do this in Illustrator CC? Please help me.

[Ton Frederiks · Accepted solution]

Hold down the Cmd (Mac) or Ctrl (Win) key and drag guides from the ruler intersection at the top left corner.  When you have View > Smart Guides turned on it will snap to the center.

[DougKatz]

Ton, this seems to work for me (has pretty much worked through many AI versions) without the Command key. I'm on AICC 21.1.0 and Sierra. Am I missing something?

[Ton Frederiks]

Without the Cmd key I can only reposition the Zero Zero point, I need the Cmd key to get the 2 guides.

[DougKatz]

Absolutely right, Ton.

[jane-e]

There are several other ways to show the center point.

One is click the Options button for the Artboard (the panel is one of several ways to get there) and check "Show Center Mark" and maybe "Show Cross Hairs" as well.

Do you want more ways to align content to the center of an artboard, or is that enough?

[jane-e]

camilla2022  wrote

When i want to align something in the middle of a canvas in Photoshop i create guides that show me the centre point of the canvas,  ... How do i do this in Illustrator CC?

Here is a non-Photoshop way to align something to the center of the artboard in Illustrator:

1. Select
2. Cut (Cmd + X)
3. Fit in Window (Cmd + 0)
4. Paste (Cmd + V