Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 5.5 Help Manual page 19

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To change proportional grid spacing:
Choose Edit > Preferences > Grids & Guides, type Horizontal and Vertical values for Propor-
tional Grid, and click OK.
Using rulers and guides
You can display rulers along the sides of the Composition, Layer, and Footage windows to
provide a visual guide for positioning and editing your footage. Using the cross hair in the
upper left corner of the rulers, you can change the origin, or zero point, in both rulers.
Changing the zero point makes it easy to measure from a specific point in the image. By
default, rulers are hidden.
For added precision in positioning objects, you can create guide lines. You can also lock
guide lines to prevent them from being repositioned.
Note: Rulers and guide lines are only a reference in the Composition, Layer, and Footage
windows. They do not appear in your rendered movie.
To display or hide rulers:
Choose View > Show Rulers or Hide Rulers.
To set the zero point in rulers:
Drag the cross hair from the intersection of the two rulers (in the upper left corner) into
the image area.
To create, reposition, lock, hide, or remove a guide line:
Do any of the following:
Position the pointer inside either ruler and drag where you want to create a guide line.
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In the image area, drag a guide to reposition it.
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To lock or unlock guides, choose View > Lock Guides.
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In the image area, drag a guide line into a ruler to remove it.
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To display or hide all guide lines, choose View > Show Guides or Hide Guides.
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To remove all guide lines, choose View > Clear Guides.
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