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The Guides tab lets you control the guides and grid that appear on the Stage to assist with movie authoring. The
bottom half of the Guides tab contains grid settings.
Setting guides and grid properties
Guides are horizontal or vertical lines that you can either drag around the Stage or lock in place to assist with sprite
placement. The Guides tab also lets you activate the grid. The grid contains cell rows and columns of a specified
height and width that you use to assist in visually placing sprites on the Stage. Moving a sprite with the Snap To Grid
or Snap To Guides feature selected lets you snap the sprite's edges and registration point to the nearest grid or guide
line. (For more information about sprites, see Sprites.)
You must create guides before they become available. To do so, use the Guides tab on the Property inspector. The
grid is always available. Guides and the grid are visible only during authoring. When you are not using the guides or
the grid, you can hide them.
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With the Property inspector open, click the Guides tab.
To create and set guide properties, click the Guide Color box to select a different color.
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Select the options you prefer. You can make the guides visible, lock them, or make the sprites snap to the guides.
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To add a guide, move the pointer over the new horizontal or vertical guide, and then drag the guide to the Stage.
Numbers in the guide tooltip indicate the distance, in pixels, that the guide is located from the top or left edge of the
Stage.
Make selections from the following:
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To reposition a guide, move the pointer over the guide. When the sizing handle appears, drag the guide to
its new position.
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To remove a guide, drag it off the Stage.
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To remove all guides, click Remove All on the Guides tab in the Property inspector.
To set grid properties, with the Property inspector open, click the Guides tab.
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To change the grid color, click the Grid Color box and select a different color.
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Select to make the grid visible and to make the sprites snap to the grid.
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Enter values in the W and H text boxes to change the width and height of the grid.
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Select to display the grid as dots or lines.
Using multiple Score windows
You can view and work in different parts of a movie at the same time by opening additional Score windows. If your
sprite spans many frames in the Score, for example, you can open a second Score window to work on another place
in the movie without scrolling. You can also drag sprites from one Score window to another.
Activate the current Score window.
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Select Window > New Score Window.
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You can scroll in this window to a different location in the Score.
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