Adobe InDesign CS4 - Manual (Page 64)

56 USING INDESIGN CS4
Layout
Create a ruler guide
1 Make sure that both rulers and guides are visible, make sure the correct spread is targeted, and view the document
in Normal View mode, not Preview mode.
2 If the document contains multiple layers, click a layer name in the Layers panel to target the layer.
3 Do one of the following:
• To create a page guide, position the pointer inside a horizontal or vertical ruler and then drag to the desired location
on the target spread. If you drop the guide onto the pasteboard, it spans the pasteboard and spread; it will act as a
page guide if you later drag it onto a page.
• To create a spread guide, drag from the horizontal or vertical ruler, keeping the pointer in the pasteboard but
positioning the guide at the desired location on the target spread.
• To create a spread guide when the pasteboard is not visible (for example, when you’ve zoomed in), press Ctrl
(Windows) or Command (Mac
OS) as you drag from the horizontal or vertical ruler to the target spread.
• To create a spread guide without dragging, double-click a specific position on the horizontal or vertical ruler. If you
want to snap the guide to the nearest tick mark, hold down the Shift key when you double-click the ruler.
• To create vertical and horizontal guides simultaneously, press Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) as you drag
from the target spread’s ruler intersection to the desired location.
A vertical and horizontal guide created concurrently
To reposition a ruler guide numerically, select the guide and enter values for X and Y in the Control panel.
Create a set of evenly spaced page guides
1 If the document contains multiple layers, click a layer name in the Layers panel to target the layer.
2 Choose Layout > Create Guides.
3 For Number, type a value to specify the number of rows or columns you want to create.
4 For Gutter, type a value to specify the spacing between rows or columns. Start with a low value, such as 1 pica; large
gutters leave little space for columns.
Columns created with the Create Guides command are not the same as those created with the Layout > Margins And
Columns command. For example, columns created using Create Guides cannot control text flow when a text file is
placed. Use the Margins And Columns command to create major column divisions appropriate for autoflow text, and
use the Create Guides command to create column grids and other layout aids.
5 For Fit Guides To, click Margins to create the guides within the page margins, or click Page to create the guides
within the page edges.
Updated 18 June 2009