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Note: When Snap To Grid is turned on, you cannot use Smart Guides (even if the menu command is selected).
Smart Guide preferences
Choose Edit > Preferences > Smart Guides & Slices (Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences > Smart Guides & Slices
(Mac OS) to set the following preferences:
Displays information about the position the cursor is currently snapped to (such as center) as you
Text Label Hints
manipulate the cursor.
Displays guidelines in the file as you use Smart Guides.
Construction Guides
Displays information when you scale, rotate, and shear objects.
Transform Tools
Highlights the object below the pointer as you drag around it.
Object Highlighting
Sets angles at which you want guidelines drawn from the anchor points of a nearby object. You can set up to
Angles
six angles. Type an angle in the selected Angles box, select a set of angles from the Angles pop-up menu, or select a
set of angles from the pop-up menu and change one of the values in the box to customize a set of angles. The preview
reflects your settings.
Specifies the number of points the pointer must be from another object for Smart Guides to
Snapping Tolerance
take effect.
To measure the distance between objects
The Measure tool calculates the distance between any two points and displays the results in the Info palette.
Select the Measure tool .
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Click the two points to measure the distance between them.
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Click the first point and drag to the second point. Shift-drag to constrain the tool to multiples of 45˚.
The Info palette shows the horizontal and vertical distances from the x and y axes, the absolute horizontal and
vertical distances, the total distances, and the angle measured.
About the Info palette
You use the Info palette to get information on the area beneath the pointer and on selected objects. To display the
Info palette, choose Window > Info.
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When an object is selected and a selection tool is active, the Info palette displays the object's x and y coordinates,
width (W), and height (H). The values for width and height are affected by the Use Preview Bounds option in the
General preferences. When Use Preview Bounds is selected, Illustrator includes the stroke width (and other
attributes such as drop shadows) in the object's dimensions. When Use Preview Bounds is deselected, Illustrator
measures only the dimensions defined by the object's vector path.
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When you use the Pen tool or Gradient tool, or when you move a selection, the Info palette displays the change in
x (W), the change in y (H), the distance (D), and the angle
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When you use the Zoom tool, the Info palette displays the magnification factor and the x and y coordinates after
you release the mouse button.
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When you use the Scale tool, the Info palette displays the percentage change in width (W) and height (H) and the
new width (W) and height (H) after the scaling is complete. When you use the rotate or reflect tools, the Info
palette displays the coordinates of the object's center and the angle of rotation
as you drag.
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