Diagonal Guide

[Cornelius_Vetterlein@adobeforums.com]

Is it possible to make a diagonal guide in InDesign CS? Will it be possible in the future? It is such a simple thing, which is commonly used (at least by me), however it seems not to exist.


As of now, I usually just use .25pt lines as guides for diagonals, however these are sometimes cumbersome, and can't be snapped to.


Adobe: I want diagonal guides.

[Dave_Saunders@adobeforums.com]

I don't think it is a simple thing. It is available in illustration software but hasn't made it into InDesign.

I'm not sure it would get on to my top 100 feature requests.

Dave

[Richard_Sohanchyk@adobeforums.com]

I'm not sure it would get on to my top 100 feature requests.




Would make mine. Probably not my top 10 or 20 but it's something I use often enough. I draw a line and put it on it's own layer and lock it down.

[Dave_Saunders@adobeforums.com]

Whenever I've needed a diagonal arrangement of stuff, I've used either a text wrap or the Align palette's distribute feature. But this has not been very often, perhaps four times in the last four years.

Dave

[Richard_Sohanchyk@adobeforums.com]

I probably use it that often in a month. At least one or two projects a month where I want text to also function as art such as an arrow or wavy sheet of paper. Mostly print ads.

[Dave_Saunders@adobeforums.com]

In case it is unclear to Cornelius and other viewers of this topic, my purpose is declaring my feelings about a proposed feature in these kinds of quantitative ways is to try have exactly the kind of conversation that Richard and I have just had.

Every feature that anyone ever asks for usually has some merit. The question is: how much merit? And the only way to answer that is to have some discussion about how often you do (or would) use such a feature.

Just because my workflows and projects don't call for a feature doesn't mean the feature shouldn't be added; it just means that it wouldn't make much difference to me.

Clearly Richard and Cornelius have a stronger need than I.

Perhaps I should move this topic to the Feature Request forum: <http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.ef9af17/>

Would that be OK with you, Cornelius?

Dave

[marydoll]

I would love to have them! I do a lot of diagonal design and sometimes they are very handy!