Using Alignment Guides
Alignment guides appear and disappear as you drag objects around a sheet,
providing you with instant feedback about relative object position. For example, you
may see alignment guides appear whenever objects are aligned at their centers or
at their edges.
These guides appear only while you’re dragging an object. When you let go of the
object, the guides vanish. You can make alignment guides appear in different colors
so that it’s easier to know what is coming into alignment as you move objects around.
If you turn on alignment guides or change their color, the settings apply to all the
documents you open in Numbers.
Here are ways to manage alignment guides:
To set alignment guide options, choose Numbers > Preferences, and then click Rulers.
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Select the Alignment Guides options that describe when you want alignment guides
to appear:
To show guides when an object’s center aligns with another object, select “Show
guides at object center.”
To show guides when an object’s edges align with another object, select “Show guides
at object edges.”
To change the color of alignment guides, click the Alignment Guides color well and
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select a color in the Colors window.
To momentarily hide guides, hold down the Command key while you drag an object.
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Another way to align objects is to specify a precise object position by using x and y
coordinates. See “Positioning Objects by x and y Coordinates” on page 217.
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Creating your own alignment guides wherever you need them can also help you place
objects. See “Creating Your Own Alignment Guides” on page 217.