Guides

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Guides

Guides simplify the layout and positioning of objects on the page. You can insert any number of horizontal and vertical guides in a PDF.

Objects snap to a guide when moved near it. This simplifies the alignment of objects.

Horizontal guides

To create a horizontal guide, first make sure that the ruler is visible (ribbon tab View | group View | Rulers). Then click on the horizontal ruler at the top of the program window, and drag it down to the desired position. FlexiPDF will then insert a horizontal guide at this point.

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Vertical guides

To create a vertical guide, first make sure that the ruler is visible (ribbon tab View | group View | Rulers). Then click on the vertical ruler on the left edge of the program window, and drag it to the right to the desired position. FlexiPDF then inserts a vertical guide at this point.

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Notes

If you have enabled the option Store layout info in PDF (see Options: Saving tab), guides will be saved in the PDF and will be available again after saving and reopening.

Once guides have been created, you can use the Object tool icon_tool_object to move and delete them like normal objects.

To temporarily hide all guides (or to prevent them from being printed), use the ribbon command View | group View | Grid and guides dropdown_arrow | Hide Guides to toggle the display of the guides. Alternatively, press the shortcut key Alt+; to switch between showing/hiding the existing guides.