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80 Document handling

Right click and choose "SHOW GRID/GUIDES" > "SHOW GRID" to turn display of the grid
on/off or choose "SNAP TO" > "SNAP TO GRID". You can also choose "WINDOW" > "SNAP TO
GRID".

The grid points then act like magnets, and as you move objects, they snap to the nearest
grid point. By default web documents have "SNAP TO GRID" on, with a 1 pixel grid.

The type of grid (isometric/rectangular), the 0,0 point (the origin), and spacing of grid
points is controlled by the GRID & RULERS TAB (on page 500) of the options dialog box.
Any changes you make apply only to the selected document.

Magnetic object snapping is also enabled by default in web documents. Object snapping
is a very powerful way of accurately aligning lines, points and the edges of objects to any
other object so they exactly touch.

You can even use this to align the centers of objects, or align objects to the center of the
page, or align them horizontally and vertically anywhere in the middle of the page or
edge of the page.
To toggle object snapping, click the SNAP TO OBJECTS button or right click and
choose "SNAP TO" > "SNAP TO OBJECTS". You can also choose "WINDOW" > "SNAP
TO GRID".
Refer to Object Handling (on page 92) for details on snapping to grid and snapping to
objects.

Rulers

Rulers are turned off by default. To turn them on:

• Right click and choose "SHOW GRID/GUIDES" > "SHOW RULERS" to turn display of the grid
on/off.
• Press "Ctrl + Shift + R".
• Or select "WINDOW" > "BARS" > "SHOW RULERS".

Web Designer Premium uses rulers to:

• Control text margins, tabs and indents (on page 232) in the TEXT TOOL.
• Let you know which part of the page you are viewing;
• Show the current pointer X/Y position;
• Apply guidelines. If "WINDOW" > "SNAP TO GRID" is active, guidelines snap to divisions
on the ruler. For more information on guidelines, refer to the guides & guidelines
section in "Object Handling".

As you create or scale objects, you can use the rulers to check their size. You can also
more accurately use the SELECTORTOOL (see "Selecting objects" for more information).
Rulers are displayed at the left and top of the window. A dotted line on each ruler follows
the current pointer position.