Setting up guides using the Enfocus Design Layout Editor

In the Guides category of the Design Layout Editor, you can define the guides you need.

To define the guides in your Design Layout

  1. To add a new guide, click .
    Tip: Using you can duplicate a guide; allows you to remove one.
    A new line is added to the table under Settings.
  2. Now define the properties of this new guide:
    Setting Description
    Color and Name Representation color and name for the guide.
    Note: These values can be changed by double-clicking them in the table.
    Orientation Vertical or Horizontal.
    Relative to Page box used as reference, or another guide.
    Anchor Point Reference point on the page box. Top/Center/Bottom for Horizontal guides, Left/Center/Right for Vertical guides.
    Guide Name If Relative to is set to "Other Guide", you can select a guide from the drop-down. Only guides with the same orientation will be available. Moving a guide will also move the guide(s) that are "Relative to" this guide.
    Note: If the "Relative to" guide is removed, the depending guide’s settings will change to Relative to Media box.
    Offset Distance from the reference point. A positive value is to the top/right, a negative value to the bottom/left.
    Mirror for even pages (Only for vertical guides): mirror the guide horizontally over the center line of the crop box on even pages.
  3. Repeat the previous steps for all the guides you want to add.