Ruler and column guides

Guides are non-printing, non-exporting lines that 'float' over your page and assist with the positioning of objects, especially when snapping is enabled. There are two types of guides to aid a variety of designs—ruler and column.

Guides
Text frame, footer text, and icons aligned to ruler guides. Dashed guides are from master page.
Column guides
Text frames and graphics aligned to three-column guide.

Ruler guides

Ruler guides allow you to add straight horizontal and vertical guide lines to help align content in your document. They can be created and positioned via Guides Settings or by dragging from a ruler.

Column guides

Column guides allow you to specify a number of evenly spaced columns and rows and are perfect for designing page layouts. They can be created and positioned via Guides Settings.

The Column Guides section of Guides Settings allows you to manage the following:

To open Guides Settings:

Do one of the following:

To add a ruler guide:

Do one of the following:

To position a ruler guide:

Do one of the following:

To show or hide ruler guides:

Do one of the following:

Locked To lock all ruler guides:
To remove a ruler guide:

Do one of the following:

Delete To remove all ruler guides:
To add column guides:

In the Column Guides section of Guides Settings:

To change ruler or column guide color:
  1. Toggle Preview Mode On Toggle Preview Mode's options menu, select Guides Settings.
  2. On the dialog, tap Color for Guides and Column Guides, respectively.
  3. Set the new color.
To show or hide column guides:

Do one of the following:

To remove column guides:

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