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HOW TO USE ADOBE PAGEMAKER 7.0: Creating and Deleting Guide Lines

PageMaker documents have blue guide lines near the left and right sides of the page to represent the document's inside and outside margins. You will also see pink guide lines near the top and bottom of your document that represent your top and bottom margins. If you need additional guide lines to help you lay out your document, you can create them easily (and easily delete them when you don't need them anymore). Guides will not print when you print your document, and text and graphics outside of guide lines will print.

 

Creating Guides

  1. Click the Pointer button on the Tools palette.
Click the Pointer button.
 
  1. Put your pointer over one of the rulers.
 
  1. To create a vertical guide, position your pointer anywhere in the left ruler
Creating a vertical guide.
 
  1. To create a horizontal guide, position your pointer anywhere in the top ruler.

Creating a horizontal guide.
 
  1. Click. Your pointer will turn into a double-sided arrow.
Click on a ruler to get the double-sided arrow pointer.
 
  1. Hold down your mouse button and drag your pointer down into the page. A turquoise line will appear.
Drag from the ruler to the page to create a guide.
 
  1. When you have positioned your guide where you want it, release your mouse button.

  2. Guides can be re-positioned at any time using the arrow pointer
 

Deleting Guides

 

  1. Click the Pointer button on the Tools palette.
Click the Pointer button.
 
  1. Click the guide and hold down your mouse button. Your pointer will turn into a double-sided arrow.
Click on the guide.
 
  1. Drag the guide off the page.
Drag the guide off the page to delete it.
 
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