To show or hide guides, select Guides on the View tab. (This information about adding/removing guides doesn't apply to PowerPoint for Mac 2011.)

Drawing guides are not visible during a slide show and do not print in a presentation. When you drag a guide, the distance to the center of the slide is shown next to the pointer. Drawing guides can be shown or hidden, and you can add or delete them. Add or remove guidesĭrawing guides can help you position shapes and objects on slides. Tip: For fine control over placement of objects on a slide, hold down Command while dragging. Show or hide gridlines in Word, PowerPoint, or ExcelĬhange the ruler units in PowerPoint from inches to centimeters If the Snap objects to grid box is checked, you can draw in straight lines when you draw a freeform shape. is turned on, guides appear to aid you in aligning and spacing one object in relation to others. When drawing guides are on, objects will snap to these lines when dragged within a threshold of a few pixels. To show drawing guides on your screen, under Guide settings, check the Display drawing guides on screen box.ĭrawing guides are a pair of dotted guidelines, one vertical and one horizontal, that intersect at the center of the slide. To temporarily override the snap-to options, hold down Alt while you're dragging an object on the slide. If you want the current settings in the Grid and Guides dialog box to be the default settings for all presentations you open, select Set as Default.

Make these settings the default for all presentations Select View, and in the Show group, select the dialog box launcher.

To change the measurement units in PowerPoint, see Change the ruler units from inches to centimeters.

To see the grid on your screen, under Grid settings, check the Display grid on screen box. To position shapes or objects to the closest intersection of the grid, under Snap to, check the Snap objects to grid box. Select View on the ribbon, and in the Show group, select the dialog-box launcher.

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