Adobe PHOTOSHOP 6.0 Manual page 86

CHAPTER 1
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Looking at the Work Area
• Guide spacing, along with guide and grid
visibility and snapping, is specific to an image.
• Grid spacing, along with guide and grid color
and style, is the same for all images.
To show or hide a grid or guides:
Do one of the following:
• (Photoshop) Choose View > Show > Grid.
Choose View > Show > Guides.
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Choose View > Show Extras. This command also
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shows or hides: (Photoshop) selection edges,
target path, slices, and notes, or (ImageReady)
selection edges, slices, image maps, text bounds,
text baseline, and text selection. (See "Working
with Extras" on page 77.)
To place a guide:
1 If the rulers are not visible, choose View >
Show Rulers.
Note: For the most accurate readings, view the image
at 100% magnification or use the Info palette.
2 Create a guide:
• Choose View > New Guide. In the dialog box,
select Horizontal or Vertical orientation, and enter
a position.
• Drag from the horizontal ruler to create a
horizontal guide.
• Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS),
and drag from the vertical ruler to create a
horizontal guide.
• Drag from the vertical ruler to create a vertical
guide.
• Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS),
and drag from the horizontal ruler to create a
vertical guide.
• Hold down Shift and drag from the horizontal or
vertical ruler to create a guide that snaps to the
ruler ticks.
The pointer changes to a double-headed
arrow ( ) when you drag a guide.
To move a guide:
1 Select the move tool ( ), or hold down Ctrl
(Windows) or Command (Mac OS) to activate the
move tool. (This option does not work with the
hand ( ), zoom ( ), and slice ( ) tools.)
2 Position the pointer over the guide (the pointer
turns into a double-headed arrow).
3 Move the guide:
Drag the guide to move it.
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Change the guide from horizontal to vertical,
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or vice versa, by holding down Alt (Windows) or
Option (Mac OS) as you click or drag the guide.
(Photoshop) Align the guide with the ruler ticks
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by holding down Shift as you drag the guide.
The guide will snap to the grid if the grid is visible
and View > Snap To > Grid is selected.
To lock all guides:
Choose View > Lock Guides.