Using alignment guides
You can create alignment guides and alignment objects. Other
objects can snap to alignment guides and objects.
Alignment guides are horizontal and vertical lines you can drag into a
document from the document rulers. When you create alignment
guides, Canvas places the guides on a guide layer.
You can also create guide objects from any vector objects. Guide
objects are placed on a guide layer. If you draw a rectangle on a guide
layer, for example, objects can snap to the sides of the rectangle.
Alignment guides and objects normally do not print, because the
guide layers are set to be non-printing.
To activate snapping to guides: Choose Layout > Snap To >
Guides. When the snap-to feature is active, objects you move will
snap to alignment guides and objects on guide layers.
To set up alignment guides
1
To display the document rulers, if they are hidden, choose Lay-
out > Display > Show Rulers.
2
Point to either ruler and drag a guide into the document area.
To remove a guide, drag the guide back to its ruler.
To show or hide guides: Choose Layout > Display > Show
Guides or Layout > Display > Hide Guides.
To move objects touching an alignment guide: Press Option
(Mac) or Ctrl (Windows) as you drag an alignment guide. This
method does not apply to alignment objects on a guide layer.
To set up alignment objects
1
Select one or more vector objects.
2
Choose Object > Arrange > Send to Guide Layer. Canvas
moves the selected objects to the guide layer on the current page.
The ink and stroke attributes of guide objects are overridden by
default on guide layers. Guide objects appear with a blue pen ink, a 1-
point stroke, and no fill ink. If you move an alignment object off a
guide layer, its original attributes reappear.
You can edit guide objects without moving them off a guide layer.
For example, you can select a guide object, drag its selection handles,
use freeform mode to transform it, and use edit mode to reshape it.