Applies ToPublisher for Microsoft 365 Publisher 2021 Publisher 2019 Publisher 2016 Publisher 2013 Publisher 2010 Publisher 2007

You can create ruler guides on any page in your publication. Ruler guides that are created on a publication page are only visible on that page. Ruler guides that are created on a master page are visible on every page to which that master page is applied.

  1. Do one of the following:

    • To create a horizontal guide, position the mouse pointer over the horizontal ruler until you see the pointer change to Two-headed arrow pointer for vertical adjustments..

    • To create a vertical guide, position the mouse pointer over the vertical ruler until you see the pointer change to resize pointer (double-headed arrow).

  2. Drag the pointer until the new guide is where you want it.

In Publisher 2010 and later, the snapping behavior in previous versions of Publisher has been replaced with a new mechanism: as you drag an object toward another object’s edge or midline or toward a guide, the object you are dragging will feel like it becomes sticky when it aligns and then release as you move past the alignment.

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