# Using Alignment and Spacing Guides

Alignment guides appear and disappear as you drag elements around a page, providing you with instant feedback about relative element position.

These guides appear only while you’re dragging an element. When you let go of the element, 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 elements around. If you turn on alignment guides or change their color, the settings apply to all the documents you open in Comic Life.

Alignment guides aren’t visible when you share your comic; they are visible only when you’re editing a comic.

Here are ways to manage alignment guides:
- To show alignment guides choose View->"Show Alignment Guides".

  To hide them choose View->"Show Alignment Guides" again.

- To change the color of alignment guides, open the Preferences (or Options) switch to the Rulers tab and click in the appropriate color well.

Another way to align objects is to specify precise elements positioning by using the grid. See Using the Grid for more information.

Creating your own alignment guides wherever you need them can also help you place elements. See Creating Your Own Alignment Guides.