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HayleighSmith
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February 13, 2018
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How do i create guides/grid lines which show me the centre point ?

  • February 13, 2018
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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.

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Correct answer Ton Frederiks

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.

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jane-e
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jane-eCommunity Expert
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February 13, 2018

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
    Ton Frederiks
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    Ton FrederiksCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    February 13, 2018

    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.

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      DougKatz9966516
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      February 13, 2018

      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
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        Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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        February 13, 2018

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

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