How do I set margins, guides and snapping?

Margins and guides are colored lines that help you place things neatly. They never print. Turn them all on or off with View›, then Guides.

Set the margins

1. On the Page Design tab, click Margins.
2. Click a ready-made setting: None, Narrow (0.5 in), Normal (1 in) or Wide (1.5 in). It applies straight away.
3. Or type each side under Custom margins (Left, Right, Top, Bottom) and click Apply.

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Margins apply to every page. Changing them doesn’t move what’s already on the page; only the margin guides move.

Add column and row guides

1. Click Page Design›, then Guides.
2. In Columns, type how many columns you want the area inside the margins divided into. Do the same for Rows if you need them.
3. Baseline (pt) sets the spacing of the baseline grid, which you can show with View›, then Baselines (⌘F7Ctrl+F7).
4. Click Apply.

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Add a ruler guide

1. Turn on View›, then Rulers if the rulers aren’t showing.
2. Drag from the ruler at the top down onto the page for a horizontal guide, or from the ruler on the left onto the page for a vertical guide.
3. Let go where you want it. The guide stays on that page.

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• Move a guide: drag it.
• Remove a guide: drag it back onto the ruler, or right-click it and choose Delete Guide.
• Remove all ruler guides on a page: right-click a guide and choose Clear All Ruler Guides.

How snapping works

When you drag or resize an object, its edges and center snap to:

• the edges and the center of the page,
• the edges and centers of other objects on the page,
• the margins, column and row guides and ruler guides, while guides are shown.

Korva has no setting to switch snapping off. To place something freely:

• Turn off View›, then Guides. Objects then stop snapping to margins and guides (they still snap to the page and to other objects).
• Zoom in. Snapping only pulls an object that is within a few pixels on screen, so at a higher zoom it lets go sooner.
• Nudge the object with the arrow keys, or type exact X and Y values under Arrange›, then Position & size in the Format pane.

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If it still doesn’t work