Using Guides
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Using Guides

Guides are lines used to help you position stencils. Not only can you use guides as a visual reference when aligning items but, optionally, Kivio will snap stencils to guides. This means that as soon as the edge of a stencil is within a certain distance to a guide it will immediately move to the guide's position.

Adding Guides

To add a guide move the mouse pointer over either the horizontal or vertical ruler, depending on the type of guide you require. Hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse over the document and release the mouse button where you want to position the guide. As you drag the mouse the guide will move accordingly. Or use View->Add Guide Line... to open a dialog to select the Orientation and the Position of the guide.

Repositioning Guides

Once a guide is in place you can reposition it by moving the mouse over it, holding down the left mouse button and dragging. Release the mouse button when the guide is in its new position.

Visibility and Snapping

To hide guides select View->Guide Lines, this toggles the visibility.

By default stencil edges are snapped to the nearest guide, to toggle this behavior select View->Snap Grid.

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