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 drag into a document from the 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; e.g., if you draw a rectangle on a guide layer, 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.
Do one of the following:
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.
Drag the guide back to its ruler.
Press Ctrl as you drag an alignment guide. This method does not apply to alignment objects on a guide layer.
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; e.g., you can select a guide object, drag its selection handles, use freeform mode to transform it, and use edit mode to reshape it.
After you place a guide line in a document, you can set its position numerically.
When you enter a value for the position of a guide, you can use the current measurement units, or enter a unit abbreviation; e.g., to place a vertical guide 3 inches to the right of the zero point, type “3in” (without quotes) if the current units are not inches. To set a horizontal guide 2 picas above the zero point, type “-2p”.