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2. Zoom in to 100% so you can clearly see the top of the page.

3. Click the horizontal page ruler (at the top of the document window) and
drag down until cursor feedback indicates the guide is positioned at
Y: 0.25 in. With the cursor inside the page area, release the mouse button.
As you drag, the Control panel and The Control panel, ruler, and cursor Note:
cursor feedback show the current feedback all show the location of the guide. Y values define verti-
position of the guide you are placing; this
makes it very easy to precisely position cal (top-to-bottom)
guides. position; X values define
horizontal (left-to-right)
If the Control panel is not visible, position.
you can show it by choosing
Window>Control. If you don’t see
the cursor feedback, make sure Show
Transformation Values is checked in the Interface pane of the Preferences dialog box.

4. Click the horizontal page ruler again and drag a guide to Y: 10.75 in.

Note:
If you drag a guide out-
side the page edge, the
guide will extend across
5. Click the vertical ruler and drag a guide to X: 0.25 in. the entire pasteboard.
You can also press Com-
Watch the marker on the horizontal ruler to judge the guide’s position.
mand/Control while
dragging a guide onto
the page to extend the
guide the entire width of
Drag from the
vertical ruler to add the pasteboard.
a vertical guide.

6. Click the vertical ruler again and drag a second vertical guide to X: 8.25 in. Note:
You can click the inter-
section of the rulers and
drag to reposition the
zero point away from
the top-left corner of the
page. If you do reposi-
tion the zero point, you
7. Using the Selection tool, click anywhere in the document space to deselect can double-click the
the guide you just created.
ruler intersection to reset
8. Save the file and continue to the next stage of the project. the original zero point.

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