Setting The Display Overlays - Canon PowerShot A710 IS Advanced User's Manual

Setting the Display Overlays

Shooting Mode
You can display vertical and horizontal grid lines, a 3:2 print area
guide, or both on the LCD monitor while shooting to help check the
position of your subject.
Grid Lines
3:2 Guide
Both
*2 Images are still recorded at the standard aspect ratio of 4:3.
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(Rec.) Menu
[Grid Lines]/[3:2 Guide]/[Both].
* Default setting.
The grid lines and 3:2 guide will not be recorded in the image.
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Displays grid lines to divide the screen into 9 parts.
Helps confirm the vertical and horizontal positioning of
the subject.
Helps confirm the print area for a 3:2 print.*
Areas outside the printable area are grayed out.
Displays both the grid lines and the 3:2 guide
simultaneously.
[DISP. Overlay]
See Menus and Settings (p. 19).
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*1 Only [Grid Lines] can be set.
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[Off]*/