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To change the color of alignment guides, click the Alignment Guides color well and m

select a color in the Colors window.

To momentarily hide guides, hold down the Command key while you drag an object. m

Another way to align objects is to specify precise object position by using x and y

coordinates. See “Positioning Floating Objects by x and y Coordinates” on page 162.

Creating your own alignment guides wherever you need them can also help you place

objects. See “Creating Your Own Alignment Guides” on page 162.

Creating Your Own Alignment Guides

You can create static alignment guides to help you align oating objects on a page.

These alignment guides do not appear and disappear as you drag oating objects,

but remain visible while you’re working, even if you leave the page and then return to

it later.

To create an alignment guide:

1 Click View in the toolbar, and then choose Show Rulers.

Note: Alignment guides can’t be created if you have an insertion point in text,

such as the body text or header. Select a oating object or Command-click the

document page.

2 Place the pointer over a ruler and drag onto a page. An alignment guide appears.

3 Drag the guide where you want it on the page.

4 To remove an alignment guide that you’ve created, drag it o the edge of the page.

You can also specify x and y coordinates to place objects precisely. See “Positioning

Floating Objects by x and y Coordinates” on page 162.

Positioning Floating Objects by x and y Coordinates

You can place oating objects precisely where you want them on a page by specifying

spatial coordinates using the ruler measurements.

To specify an oating object’s position by its x and y coordinates:

1 Select the object you want to position.

2 Click Inspector in the toolbar, and then click the Metrics inspector button.

3 Enter x and y values (in ruler measurements) in the Position elds.

The specied coordinates determine the position of the upper-left corner of the

object’s container box. If an object is rotated, the x and y coordinates specify the

upper-left corner of the container box of the rotated object, which may be a dierent

size from the original.

The x value is measured from the left edge of the page. Â

The y value is measured from the top edge of the page. Â

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