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13.  Choose the Move tool, and then open the Info panel (Window>Info).
                                                                                                Note:
                      As we explained in the Interface chapter, the panels you see depend on what was
                      done the last time you (or someone else) used the Photoshop application. Because   Use the Move tool to
                      workspace arrangement is such a personal preference, we tell you what panels you   reposition placed guides.
                      need to use, but we don’t tell you where to put them.                     Remove individual
                                                                                                guides by dragging them
                      Remember, for this file, the live area should be a 0.25″ inset from the trim edge. In the
                      next few steps you will add guides to identify that live area.            back onto the ruler.
                                                                                                If you try to reposition a
                  14.  Click the horizontal page ruler at the top of the page and drag down to   guide and can’t, choose
                      create a guide positioned at the 1/4″ (0.25″) mark.
                                                                                                View>Lock Guides. If
                      If you watch the vertical ruler, you can see a marker indicating the position of the   this option is checked,
                      cursor. In addition to the live cursor feedback, the Info panel also shows the precise   guides are locked; you
                      numeric position of the guide you are dragging.                           can’t move them until
                                                                                                you toggle this option
                                Click and drag from                                             off.
                              the horizontal ruler to
                              add a horizontal guide.
                                                                                                Note:
                                                                                                Press Option/Alt and
                                                                                                click a guide to change
                                                 Watch the ruler, cursor feedback,              it from vertical to
                                                 or Info panel to see the location of           horizontal (or vice
                                                    the guide you’re dragging.
                                                                                                versa). The guide rotates
                                                                                                around the point where
                  15.  Click the vertical ruler at the left and drag right to place a guide at the   you click, which can be
                      0.25″ mark.                                                               useful if you need to find
                      Watch the marker on the horizontal ruler to judge the guide’s position.   a corner based on the
                                                                                                position of an existing
                                                                                                guide.
                                   Drag from the
                                vertical ruler to add
                                   a vertical guide.



                                                      The cursor feedback and Info              Note:
                                                     panel show the exact X location
                                                      of the guide you’re dragging.             You can press Com-
                                                                                                mand/Control-; to
                  16.  Double-click the intersection of the two rulers.                         toggle the visibility of

                      This resets the file’s zero point to the original position (the top-left corner of the   page guides.
                      canvas).

                               Double-click the ruler
                             intersection to reset the
                                 original zero point.






                  17.  Zoom out so you can see the entire canvas in the document window.



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