Pixel perfect guide specification?

[Lars__11__Liedberg@adobeforums.com]

How do I specify guide positions, like in Freehand where you double-click on a guide to open a window with all guides on the page and their pixel positions?

[Dave_Saunders@adobeforums.com]

Click on the guide and then use the control panel (CS) or transform palette to position it by typing in the coordinate you want.

Dave

[Olav_Kvern@adobeforums.com]

Hi Lars--

Select the guide, then enter a value in the X or Y field in the Control palette or Transform palette. These values won't be in pixels, but they will be in your current measurement units.

Thanks,

Ole

[Scott_McCullough@adobeforums.com]

That's not all--because the guides are objects, you can copy and paste them in position on any page; i.e., guides copied from the 2-3 spread will paste into the exact same position on any other spreads in the file. In structured documents, I define all my guides on my master pages, so they automatically appear on the live pages to which I apply that master. I also put all my guides on a separate layer atop all other layers in the file. That way I can toggle them on and off while still leaving the margin guides showing. It also allows me to lock the layer so I don't accidentally move or delete a guide.

Finally, here's a trick you can't do with Freehand: drag guides onto the pasteboard for bleed guides.

[Lars__11__Liedberg@adobeforums.com]

Thanks guys, sorted!