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how to snap guides in illustrator?

Jan 29, 2010 4:22 AM

hello

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id like to know as in ps we can snap our guide lines to the middle of the canvas and they snap making a nice intersection so we know where the middle of the canvas is,so we can place our object,how can it be done in illustrator?the guide lines do not snap,although snap to point is checked.do i have to make the canvas a perfect symmetric and then use the grid in order for the guides to snap?

 

any suggestions?

 

thank you.

6914 Views   11 Replies   Latest reply: Kar1 5, Jan 3, 2012 12:14 PM
 
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  • flashalchemist
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    1. flashalchemist,
    Jan 29, 2010 4:34 AM   in reply to inquestflash
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    That would work, turn on Grids and Snap to Grid. You could also unlock guides then select one and use the Align palette to align them in the middle of your artboard.

     
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  • inquestflash
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    2. inquestflash,
    Jan 29, 2010 4:47 AM   in reply to flashalchemist
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    seems reasonalbe,but im trying to align the guide lines i make 2 of em in the centre of the canvas,then i select them both and in the align pallet i click on horizontal align centre and then vertical align centre,BUT and the guides dont align in the middle of the canvas but  outside on the boundareis on the white canvas.

     

    i do have also the aligh to art board checked as well.

     

    whats going wrong?

     
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  • inquestflash
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    3. inquestflash,
    Jan 29, 2010 4:51 AM   in reply to flashalchemist
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    im trying to figure out whats going wrong,the guides are aslo moving into the grey area away from the canvas and

    white boundaries,when i try to align them to the canvas.

     
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  • tromboniator
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    4. tromboniator,
    Jan 29, 2010 12:43 PM   in reply to inquestflash
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    Inquestflash,

     

    Click here before you click the align buttons:

     

    Screen shot 2010-01-29 at 11.40.23 AM.png

     

    Peter

     
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    5. inquestflash,
    Jan 30, 2010 6:41 AM   in reply to tromboniator
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    spot on dude great asnwer ;-)

     
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  • chuck muncie
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    6. chuck muncie,
    Mar 18, 2011 11:25 AM   in reply to inquestflash
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    Hi,

    I am having guides trouble too with CS5.

    They will not align to artboard and every time I click align to artboard>center it moves (each click, further to right) completely off the art board.

    I have a custom action I created to align/center objects and it used to work with guides. It still works for other objects but the guides won't align anymore… I have to manually enter the coordinates to center them.

    What happened?

     

    Thanks

     
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  • Kar1 5
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    7. Kar1 5,
    Jan 3, 2012 4:07 AM   in reply to chuck muncie
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    Chuck - did you ever find out what was going on? I have the same problem. I have the "Align to artboard" setting switched as above, but when I try and centre guides, it sends them way down on the canvas, off the artboard.

     
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  • Kurt Gold
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    8. Kurt Gold,
    Jan 3, 2012 9:49 AM   in reply to Kar1 5
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    That's a bug that occurs when the Use Preview Bounds option is turned on (see Align Palette menu or inside the general programme preferences).

     

    Turn the option off, then guides should align properly.

     
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  • chuck muncie
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    9. chuck muncie,
    Jan 3, 2012 10:35 AM   in reply to Kar1 5
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    10. chuck muncie,
    Jan 3, 2012 10:36 AM   in reply to Kurt Gold
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  • Kar1 5
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    11. Kar1 5,
    Jan 3, 2012 12:14 PM   in reply to Kurt Gold
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    Great, that's it. Thanks Kurt.

     
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