By: David Blatner
May 22 2006 • 1:14 PM
Snap Guide to Object
It’s easy to snap an object to a guide, right? But what about snapping a guide to an object in InDesign? I think it was Tim Cole who first pointed me to the trick: Select the object with the Selection tool, then drag the guide (still with the Selection tool) on top of a corner, side, or center point of the object. Guides snap right to them. (As long as Snap to Guides is turned on, of course.)
Another cool trick is if you hold the Command key(Control on PC) and drag from the top-left corner of both rulers (X,Y Origin), and drag to one of the corner or the middle of the object Indesign will create two guides (one vertical, one horizontal) instead of moving you x, y rulers coordinate.
By the way, this is also the way to create guides in both direction in one step.
Holding down the Shift key helps to place guides with a rounded value in the X;Y fields. The more you zoom on the page, the more the increment is precise and becomes, for instance with mm, half a mm.
With the Alt key down, you place only a guide visible at the zoom level and + you were when you placed the guide.
OMG! o_O
I’ll keep on reading here! Thank you!
*handclaps*
(and I wanted to add:)
If you have two-pages design (sorry I am translating from german) and want to get a guide that is not just on one page but reaches over both just press the CMD-Key while dragging … et voilà.
If I draw a one point line and drag it to a guide it snaps to either side of the guide. How do I force it to snap to the CENTER of the line without being blown up on it a kajillian percent?
T.Buck: Try switching to the Direct Selection tool instead of the Selection tool. That should do it!
Blatman, your a freakin’ jeanie-ass!
That worked like a charm. Thanks
LOL. We aim to pleeeze….