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4.
If you don't see the graphic rulers running along the top and left sides of the lay-
out, choose View
→
Rulers
.
Your layout should now resemble
Figure 8-7
.
To create a vertical guide, drag the ruler running down the left side of the layout to the
right. You'll see a thin blue line come out from the ruler. Release the mouse button
when the line is 90 points from the left edge, as illustrated in
Figure 8-8
.
Figure 8-7. This layout is ready to get some guides. It's essential that the rulers are dis-
played when creating guides. There's no menu command or keyboard shortcut for adding a
new guide; you must drag it from a ruler.
5.
Drag out a second vertical guide, placing its left edge at 100 points
.
6.
Drag down two horizontal guides from the ruler across the top of the layout.
Place the first one at 180 points from the top and the second at 200 points
.
Your layout is divided into four major sections with a narrow vertical buffer and a
more substantial horizontal buffer.
7.
Using
Figure 8-9
as your guide, move the fields into the two sections
.
