WebPlus Essentials User Guide - Serif

132 Editing Objects
Snapping
The Snapping feature simplifies placement and alignment by "magnetizing"
moved or resized objects to grid dots and guide lines. Objects can also snap to
other guides on the page such as page margins, rows, and columns (see p. 50), as
well as the page edge, and page/margin centers (i.e., the center of the page in
relation to the page edge or page margins). In addition, dynamic guides can be
used to align and resize objects to existing object edges and centers by snapping.
Guides appear dynamically as you drag objects.
To turn snapping on and off globally:
• Click Snapping on the Hintline (don't click the drop-down
arrow). The button has an orange color when snapping is switched on.
Once snapping is enabled, you can selectively switch on/off snapping options
(i.e., Ruler Guides, Dot Grid, etc).
To turn individual snapping controls on and off:
• Click the down arrow on the Snapping button (Hintline) and
check/uncheck a snapping option via the drop-down menu.
The Snapping menu option offers the full set of snapping options
for the user. You can also control Snapping Distance, i.e. the
distance at which an object will start to snap to a dot, guide, etc.
For precise ruler guide placement, check Snapping>Ruler Marks
in Tools>Options to snap guides to ruler marks.
Snapping with dynamic guides
For accurate object alignment and resizing, you can use dynamic guides instead
of setting ruler guides manually or performing selection, transform, and
alignment operations. These red-colored guides are shown between the vertices
of the last three selected placed page objects and the manipulated object and
"visually suggest" possible snapping options such as snap to the placed object's
left, right, center, top, right, bottom, or to the page center. You can include
objects to snap to by dragging over objects.