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You can change the Guides in Back preference to display ruler guides in front of or behind
all other objects. However, regardless of the Guides in Back setting, objects and ruler
guides are always in front of margin and column guides. Also, although putting guides
on different layers organizes them structurally, it does not affect their visual stacking
order—the Guides in Back preference stacks all ruler guides as a single set in relation to
all page objects.
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B
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A. Ruler guides B. Page objects C. Margin and column guides D. Page
To display ruler guides behind objects:
Choose Edit > Preferences > Guides (Windows and Mac OS 9), or InDesign > Preferences >
Guides (Mac OS 10.1), make sure that Guides in Back is selected, and click OK.
"And all the "And all the "And all the
lovliest things
there be
come simply,
so it seems
to me."
—Edna St. Vincent Millay —Edna St. Vincent Millay incent Millay
Guides in front (left), and guides in back (right)
Snapping objects to guides and grids
To precisely align objects to guides, use the Snap to Guides and Snap to Document Grid
commands. Object edges will snap to (pulled toward) the nearest grid intersection or
guide when you draw, move, or resize the objects.
The exact range within which an object snaps to guides is called the snap-to zone, which
you can adjust. When you select both the Snap to Guides and the Snap to Document Grid
commands, the grid takes precedence.
Keep the following guidelines in mind as you align objects to guides and grids:
Guides must be visible for objects to snap to them. However, objects can snap to the
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document and baseline grids whether the grids are visible or not.
Objects on one layer snap to ruler guides visible on any other layer. If you don't want
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objects to snap to guides on a certain layer, hide that layer's guides.
For the baselines of text to snap to the baseline grid, press the Align to Baseline Grid
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button for individual paragraphs or paragraph styles. (See
baseline grid" on page
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"And all the "And all the "And all the
lovliest things
there be
come simply,
so it seems
to me."
—Edna St. Vincent Millay —Edna St. Vincent Millay incent Millay
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