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  21.           <th colspan="3" align="center">9.21.¬†
  22.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">New Guide</span>
  23.   </th>
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  26.           <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="gimp-image-guides.html"><img src="../images/prev.png" alt="Prev" /></a>¬†</td>
  27.           <th width="60%" align="center">9.¬†
  28.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">The ‚Äú<span class="quote">Image</span>‚Äù Menu</span>
  29.   </th>
  30.           <td width="20%" align="right">¬†<a accesskey="n" href="gimp-image-guides-percent.html"><img src="../images/next.png" alt="Next" /></a></td>
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  39.             <h3 class="title"><a id="gimp-image-guides-add"></a>9.21.¬†
  40.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">New Guide</span>
  41.   </h3>
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  43.           <div>
  44.             <div class="revhistory">
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  46.                 <tr>
  47.                   <th align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">
  48.                     <b>Revision History</b>
  49.                   </th>
  50.                 </tr>
  51.                 <tr>
  52.                   <td align="left">Revision $Revision: 2310 $</td>
  53.                   <td align="left">2007-11-25</td>
  54.                   <td align="left">j.h</td>
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  61.       <a id="id2701435" class="indexterm"></a>
  62.       <p>
  63.     The <span class="guimenuitem">New Guide</span> command adds a guide to
  64.     the image. For more information about guides, see the glossary entry on
  65.     <a class="link" href="glossary.html#glossary-guides" title="Guides">Guides</a>.
  66.   </p>
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  71.               <img alt="[Tip]" src="../images/tip.png" />
  72.             </td>
  73.             <th align="left">Tip</th>
  74.           </tr>
  75.           <tr>
  76.             <td align="left" valign="top">
  77.               <p>
  78.       You can add guides to the image more quickly, but less accurately, by
  79.       simply clicking and dragging guides from the image rulers and
  80.       positioning them where you would like.
  81.     </p>
  82.             </td>
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  86.       <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  87.         <div class="titlepage">
  88.           <div>
  89.             <div>
  90.               <h4 class="title"><a id="id2701483"></a>9.21.1.¬†
  91.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Activate the Command</span>
  92.     </h4>
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  96.         <div class="itemizedlist">
  97.           <ul type="disc">
  98.             <li>
  99.               <p>
  100.           You can access this command from the image menubar through
  101.           <span class="guimenu"><span class="accel">I</span>mage</span> ‚Üí <span class="guisubmenu"><span class="accel">G</span>uides</span> ‚Üí <span class="guimenuitem">New <span class="accel">G</span>uide</span>
  102.         </p>
  103.             </li>
  104.           </ul>
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  107.       <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  108.         <div class="titlepage">
  109.           <div>
  110.             <div>
  111.               <h4 class="title"><a id="id2701538"></a>9.21.2.¬†
  112.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  113.         ‚Äú<span class="quote">New Guide</span>‚Äù Options
  114.       </span>
  115.     </h4>
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  120.           <a id="id2701552"></a>
  121.           <p class="title">
  122.             <b>Figure¬†15.86.¬†
  123.         <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  124.           The ‚Äú<span class="quote">New Guide</span>‚Äù Dialog
  125.         </span>
  126.       </b>
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  129.             <div class="mediaobject">
  130.               <img src="../images/menus/menus-image-new-guide.png" alt="The New Guide Dialog" />
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  134.         <br class="figure-break" />
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  136.           <dl>
  137.             <dt>
  138.               <span class="term">Direction¬†; Position</span>
  139.             </dt>
  140.             <dd>
  141.               <p>
  142.             When you select <span class="guimenuitem">New Guide</span>, a dialog
  143.             opens, which allows you to set the <span class="guilabel">Direction</span>
  144.             and <span class="guilabel">Position</span>, in pixels, of the new guide
  145.             more precisely than by using click-and-drag. The
  146.             <span class="guilabel">Direction</span> may be
  147.             <span class="guilabel">Horizontal</span> or <span class="guilabel">Vertical</span>.
  148.             The coordinate origin for the <span class="guilabel">Position</span> is
  149.             the upper left corner of the canvas.
  150.           </p>
  151.             </dd>
  152.           </dl>
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  154.       </div>
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  160.           <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="gimp-image-guides.html"><img src="../images/prev.png" alt="Prev" /></a>¬†</td>
  161.           <td width="20%" align="center">
  162.             <a accesskey="u" href="gimp-imagewindow-menus-image.html">
  163.               <img src="../images/up.png" alt="Up" />
  164.             </a>
  165.           </td>
  166.           <td width="40%" align="right">¬†<a accesskey="n" href="gimp-image-guides-percent.html"><img src="../images/next.png" alt="Next" /></a></td>
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  169.           <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><a accesskey="p" href="gimp-image-guides.html">9.20.¬†
  170.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Guides</span>
  171.   </a>¬†</td>
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  173.             <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">
  174.               <img src="../images/home.png" alt="Home" />
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  177.           <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top">¬†<a accesskey="n" href="gimp-image-guides-percent.html">9.22.¬†
  178.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">New Guide (by Percent)</span>
  179.   </a></td>
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