Apple LiveType 2 - Manual (Page 18)

18 Chapter 1 The LiveType Interface
To customize the grid:
1 Choose Edit > Project Properties.
2 In the Ruler and Grid Settings area at the bottom, enter a new value in the Grid Width
field.
To add a guide to the Canvas:
m Click inside one of the rulers to insert a guide marked by its horizontal or vertical
pixel position.
To add crosshairs to the Canvas:
m Click inside one of the rulers and drag the pointer onto the Canvas.
To remove guides from the Canvas, do one of the following:
m Drag guide markers off either end of the ruler.
m Choose View > Clear Guides, which removes all guides.
You can isolate a single track and display all other elements as bounding boxes—
rectangles that roughly show the size, position, and orientation of an element. This
option is useful for cleaning up the Canvas as you work on a single track, and it saves
preview-rendering time, because only one item of your composition is being rendered.
Guide marker showing
pixel position
Crosshair guide