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As an alternative, you can type in exact measurements in the Guides Manager (View > Guides Manager).

-- Walt
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On 6/21/2019 at 3:09 AM, walt.farrell said:

As an alternative, you can type in exact measurements in the Guides Manager (View > Guides Manager).

You can, but it's a speed/convenience issue. Not only that, sometimes you just want to check that a guideline is in the position you hope it is in, so selecting it and seeing a readout of it's x or y placement (and being able to revised those values if required) is very handy. At the moment my biggest issue is that I've not found a way to select a bunch of guidelines and move them together....is that possible? I hope so or I'm cooked.....

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5 hours ago, AndyQ said:

At the moment my biggest issue is that I've not found a way to select a bunch of guidelines and move them together....is that possible?

Not possible, as far as I know.

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
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    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
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On 8/24/2019 at 5:27 AM, elmonopascual said:

+1 for move guides by selecting and using the cursor keys (nudge distance)

I didn't think of that one, an excellent suggestion. I do like the fact that Designer allows you to set the nudge distances so that's super-handy.

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In 2022, just discovering Designer... and I can't believe controlling guides has been made so awkward. If I select a guide, I can't see/adjust its position anywhere in the UI (no options appear below the menu bar like other tools), I can't right-click it for quick settings, and the huge Guides Manager (titled only "Guides") stops all workflow while it gets in the way - and it can't be docked. Controlling guides should be quick and easy - at least a dockable panel or toolbar options - as it's currently unnecessarily difficult.

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3 hours ago, N A said:

In 2022, just discovering Designer... and I can't believe controlling guides has been made so awkward. If I select a guide, I can't see/adjust its position anywhere in the UI (no options appear below the menu bar like other tools), I can't right-click it for quick settings, and the huge Guides Manager (titled only "Guides") stops all workflow while it gets in the way - and it can't be docked. Controlling guides should be quick and easy - at least a dockable panel or toolbar options - as it's currently unnecessarily difficult.

Once the guide has been placed to move it you need to use the Move tool, the Arrow. Default keyboard shortcut is V.

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I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

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