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To change the units of measure in the rulers:
1 Choose Pages > Preferences, and click General.
2 Choose an item from the Ruler Units pop-up menu. To display measurements as a
percentage of the distance across the page, select “Display ruler units as percentage.”
To place the ruler’s horizontal origin point at the center of the page:
m In Pages preferences, click General and select “Place origin at center of ruler.”
When you change ruler settings in Pages preferences, the new settings apply to all
documents viewed in Pages, until you change the settings again.
Alignment Guides
As you move fixed text boxes and graphics around in the document, blue alignment
guides appear to help you center and align objects on the page. They appear
whenever the center or edge of an object aligns with the center or edge of another
object, or with the center of the page, depending upon your preferences. You can
create your own alignment guides to help you align objects precisely on a page.
Alignment guides (even those you create) don’t appear when you print your
document; they are visible only when you are editing a document.
To place alignment guides on a page:
1 Click View in the toolbar and choose Show Rulers (or choose View > Show Rulers) to
make the rulers appear at the top and left side of the page.
2 Click outside any areas of the page so that the insertion point is not visible.
3 Place the pointer over a ruler and drag onto the page. A blue alignment guide
appears.
4 Drag the guide wherever you want it on the page.
To remove alignment guides that you have placed on a page:
m Drag the alignment guide off the edge of the page.
If alignment guides are getting in the way as you work, you can temporarily hide
them.
To temporarily hide alignment guides:
m Start dragging an object, and then hold down the Command key while dragging.