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Rulers, Guides and Grids

 
Right-click on either the vertical or horizontal ruler to display this menu which includes most of the settings from the Edit > Preferences > Measurement dialog box along with some Guide and Snap editing commands.
 
 
Rulers, Guides and Grids
 
1

Measurement Units

 
1. Measurement Units
 
Quickly set or change the measurement units used in the rulers.
 
 
 
 
 
2

Show Rulers

 
 
2. Show Rulers
 
Toggle to either show or hide the rulers that appear at the top and left side of the main work area.
 
 
Shortcut Key --   CTRL+R
 
 
 
 
3

Show Grid

 
 
3. Show Grid
 
 
Toggle to either show or hide the gridlines in the main work area.
 
 
Shortcut Key --   CTRL+'
 
 
 
 
4

Show Guides

 
 
4. Show Guides
 
Toggle to show or hide Guidelines within the main work area.
 
 
Shortcut Key --   CTRL+;
 
 
 
 
5

Add New Page Guides

 
 
5. Add New Page Guides
 
 
Opens a dialog box to add multiple guides along an array or add multiple guides to multiple pages at once.
 
 
 
 
 
 
6

Delete Guides on Current Page

 
 
6. Delete Guides on Current Page
 
 
Deletes all guidelines on the current page.
 
 
 
 
7

Delete All Page Guides

 
 
7. Delete All Page Guides
 
 
Deletes all guidelines from all pages.
 
 
 
 
8

Snap

 
 
 
 
Click this command to toggle the ability to snap to objects ON and OFF. Hover over Snap to access the toggles for the different snap objects.
 
 
Shortcut Key --   CTRL+SHIFT+;
 
 
 
 
 
9

Setup Measurement

 
 
9. Setup Measurement
 
 
Launches the Preference dialog box with the Measurement panel active.