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9. Click the vertical ruler at the left and drag right to place a guide at the
0.125″ mark.
Note:
Watch the marker on the horizontal ruler to judge the guide’s position.
Use the Move tool to
Drag from the reposition placed guides.
vertical ruler to add Remove individual
a vertical guide.
guides by dragging them
The cursor feedback and back onto the ruler.
Info panel show the
exact X location of the If you try to reposition a
guide you’re dragging. guide and can’t, choose
View>Lock Guides. If
10. Choose View>New Guide. In the resulting dialog box, choose the Vertical this option is checked,
option and type 8.625 in the field and click OK. guides are locked; you
You don’t need to type the unit of measurement because the default unit for this file is can’t move them until
already inches. Photoshop automatically assumes the value you type is in the default unit you toggle this option off.
of measurement.

11. Choose View>New Guide again. Choose the Horizontal option and type
11.125 in the field. Click OK.
At this point you should have four guides – two vertical and two horizontal, each 1/8″
from the file edges. These mark the trim size of your final 8.5 1 11″ file.
Note:
Press Option/Alt and
click a guide to change
it from vertical to
horizontal (or vice versa).
The guide rotates around
the point where you click,
which can be useful if
you need to find a corner
based on the position of
12. In the top-left corner of the document window, click the zero-point an existing guide.
crosshairs and drag to the top-left intersection of the guides.
You can reposition the zero point to the top-left corner of the bleed allowance by
double-clicking the zero-point crosshairs.

Zero-point crosshairs
Drag to here to change the
0/0 point of the rulers. This
new zero point will be the
origin for measurements
you make in this file.

13. Drag new guides 0.25″ inside each trim guide to mark the live area of the page.

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