Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
Did You Know?
You can convert a vector object to a guide.
Select the object, click the
View menu, point to Guides, and then click Make Guides. To convert
it back, click the View menu, point to Guides, and then click Release
Guides.
You can remove one guide at a time.
Make sure Lock Guides is clear,
select the guide, and then press Backspace (Win) or Delete (Mac), or
choose Edit/Cut or Edit/Clear.
Using Smart Guides
Illustrator gives you the ability to use Smart Guides to help align shapes, slices, and se-
lections as you draw. They appear automatically as you draw a shape or create a selection
or slice, and then disappear after the shape is drawn. They enable you to visually align
one object to another with a minimum of effort. Smart Guides also display alignment and
measurement information, such as distances between objects and angles of rotation, to
make alignment even easier. Smart Guides are automatically turned on by default. You
can use Smart Guide preferences to set color and information display options to customize
your Smart Guides.
Use Smart Guides
Open or create a multi-layered document.
To turn Smart Guides on and off, click the
View
menu, and then click
Smart
Guides
.
Timesaver
Press
+U (Mac) or Ctrl+U to show or hide Smart Guides.
Select the
Selection
or
Direct Selection
tool, and drag the object.
• Press Ctrl (Win) or Command (Mac) to use the center point or edge of one ob-
ject or artboard.
