1. A GROUP 4
PRESENTATION...
GOODMORNING!
Working With Rulers & Guides

2. Questions
 What is the use of the rulers in MS Publisher?
 How to Display Rulers?
 How to Change Ruler Measurements?
 What is the use of the guides in MS Publisher?
 How to place a guide?
 How to move existing guides?
 How to hide all Guides?
 How to remove all ruler guides?
 What is a Margin Guides?
 What is a Customizable Guides?

3.  How to add Green Guides?
 What are the other guides?

4. Rulers in MS Publisher
 Help you line up text, images and other objects and
get a clearer idea exactly where those objects will
appear on the printed page.

6. To Display Rulers
 From the VIEW tab, SHOW group select the
RULERS checkbox
 Notes: If the ruler are showing, the checkbox infront
of the selection will have tick within the box.

8. To Change Ruler Measurements
1. From the FILE Tab, select OPTIONS... The
OPTIONS dialog box appears.
2. Select the ADVANCED tab on the left
3. In the DISPLAY group of options on the right from
the MEASUREMENT UNITS pull down list, select
a measurement unit
4. Click OK the measurement system is now changed.

10. Guides in MS Publisher
 Guides are thin lines that help you align various
objects.

11. To Place a Guide
1. To place a vertical guide, place your tool over the vertical
ruler area. To place a
horizontal guide, place your tool over the horizontal ruler
area. The mouse becomes a double-sided arrow.
2. With your tool over the ruler area, click and hold the
mouse button
3. Drag the guide onto your page a coloured line appears.

12. 4. When the guide is in the desired place, release the
mouse button the guide is set.
OR
1. On the PAGE DESIGN tab in the LAYOUT group
click on the arrow at the bottom of the
GUIDES button a menu appears.
2. Select RULER GUIDES a dialog will appear.

13. 3. Enter specific measurements at the flashing cursor
and click SET. The ruler guide is set
4. Enter vertical or horizontal guides as you wish. Click
OK to close the dialog and return to
your publication.

14. To move existing Guides
1. Place your pointer over the guide you want to move. The
mouse becomes a double-sided
arrow.
2. Click and hold the mouse button
3. To reposition the guide, drag the guide to its new
location. To remove the guide, drag
the guide into the ruler area
4. Release the mouse button

15. To hide all Guides
1. From the VIEW tab, deselect GUIDES. The option
is selected if a check mark appears.
OR
Press [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [O]

16. To Remove all Ruler Guides
1. On the PAGE DESIGN tab in the LAYOUT group
click on the arrow at the bottom of the
GUIDES button a menu appears.
2. Select RULER GUIDES a dialog will appear.
3. On the dialog click the CLEAR ALL button. All
guides will be removed

17. 4. Be sure to do the same on the VERTICAL tab as well
as the HORIZONTAL tab

18. Margin Guides
 Blue Lines
 Mark the edges, or margins, of the printable area on
each page of your publication.
 Automatically created when you set your page
margins.

19. Customizable Guides
 Green Lines
 Can add anywhere in your publication.
 Can Be useful for lining objects up...
 Can also be useful for marking areas where you plan
to fold the printed publication.

20. To Add Green
Guides
1. Click either the
horizontal or vertical
ruler

21. 2. Drag your mouse to
your publication, and
release to add the guide
in the desired location.

22. 3. Your guide will be placed.
You can move it at any time by
clicking and dragging it.

23. Other Guides

24. Layout Guides
 Layout guides help you align objects, such as
pictures, text boxes, and tables. Layout guides give
you visible guidance for aligning objects on the page.
Layout guides include margin, column, row, and
baseline guides.

25. Margin Guides
 Margin guides are the visual guide to show you
where your page margins lie on the page. You set
margin guides by setting the page margins. You
enable the margin guides on the View menu in
Publisher 2003 and 2007, and on the View tab in
Publisher 2010.

27. Column and Row Guides
 Column and row guides help you keep your page
aligned.

29. Baseline Guides
 Baseline guides look just like the old ruled notebook
paper. You enable the baseline guides on
the View menu in Publisher 2003 and 2007, and on
the View tab in Publisher 2010.

30. Ruler Guides
 You set ruler guides aligned to horizontal or vertical
ruler settings.

31. Thank You For Your Cooperation ^0^v
 A Group 4 presentaion
 Leila Buenviaje
 Dante Guittu
 Perine Agraviador
 Kaila Mei Lim