# Creating Your Own Alignment Guides

You can create static alignment guides to help you align elements across your pages. The alignment guides do not appear or disappear as you drag elements, but remain visible while you're working.

To create an alignment guide:
1. Place the point over a ruler and drag onto a page. An alignment guide appears.
2. Drag the guide where you want it on the page.
3. To remove an alignment guide that you've created, drag it off the edge of the page.
4. To lock your alignment guides so they can't be moved, choose View->"Lock Alignment Guides".
5. To clear all your alignment guides, choose View->"Clear Alignment Guides".

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