# Use alignment guides

Use alignment and spacing guides to help you place elements precisely. When guides are turned on, they appear as you drag an element on a page in alignment with, or equidistant to, another element. You can turn the guides off and on as needed.

You can also add your own horizontal or vertical alignment guides and place them anywhere on a page. These persistent alignment guides don’t appear and disappear as you drag elements, but remain visible while you're working.

Note: Alignment guides aren't visible when you export or print your comic; they are visible only when you're editing a comic.

- Choose View > Show Alignment Guides (from the View menu at the top of your screen) to toggle the guides on an off.

You can add alignment guides that remain visible while you're working. You can add as many guides as you like and position them to suit your needs. Alignment guides are common to every page in a document.

1. Move the pointer over the vertical or horizontal ruler, click, then drag the guide to the page.
2. To change the location of an alignment guide, drag it.

Do any of the following:

- Remove a horizontal guide: Drag it up and off the page.
- Remove a vertical guide: Drag to the left and off the page.
- Lock all guides: Choose View > Lock Alignment Guides (from the View menu at the top of your screen, not the View button in the toolbar) to toggle the lock state. A checkmark appears next to the menu when the guides are locked.
- Clear all guides: Choose View > Clear Alignment Guides.

1. Choose Comic Life > Settings (from the Comic Life menu at the top of your screen), then click Rulers.
2. Click the color well next to Alignment Guides or Spacing Guides, then choose a color.

## See also

Using the Grid

Creating Your Own Alignment Guides