Using Smart GuidesSmart Guides are temporary, "snap to" guides that help you create, align, edit, and transform objects relative to other objects. You can also use Smart Guides when rotating, scaling, and shearing objects. Objects can snap to locked objects and objects on locked layers. You choose the point on the selected object at which you want to snap by selecting the object at that point. Illustrator determines additional points on artwork to create guides and snapping points. These points are determined by the last objects the cursor has passed over with the selected object. You can create intersecting Smart Guides by passing over two Smart Guide lines, and then moving your selected object to the intersection point. As you create, align, move, edit, and transform objects, Smart Guides appear from any anchor point on a nearby object over which the pointer recently passed. The direction, angle, tolerance, and appearance of Smart Guides are determined by settings in Preferences. To turn Smart Guides on or off: To turn Smart Guides on or off, choose View > Smart Guides. A check mark appears next to the command when Smart Guides are turned on. To change Smart Guide preferences:
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