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Introduction

This is what we will create in this episode: millimeter units, precise rulers, ruler guides drawn from the ruler, and automatic grid guides with Create Guide. Let's get started. Hello, welcome back to the Complete Adobe InDesign Series from Cerdas Inovasi Digital. Clean layout design always relies on guide lines. In this episode, we will prepare units, rulers, and guides before starting to arrange objects. Create a new A4 document with 1 page.

Step 1: Millimeter Units

Select the Edit menu, Preferences, Units & Increments. In the Ruler Units section, change both horizontal and vertical to millimeters. For text, keep font size in points, since points are the standard typographic unit.

Step 2: Ruler and Zero Point

The rulers appear on top and left of the window. Press Ctrl R to hide or show them. The zero point of the ruler is at the top-left corner of the page, so the X and Y positions in the Control Panel are calculated from that corner.

Step 3: Drawing a Ruler Guide

Hover the mouse over the top ruler, click and drag down. A light blue guide line is also pulled along. Release at the 40 mm position. From the left ruler, drag a vertical guide to the 105 mm position, right in the middle of the page. For a neat grid, select Layout, Create Guide.

Step 4: Create Guides

Fill in 3 rows and 3 columns with a 5 mm gutter, then Fit Guide to Margins. Click OK, forming a 9-cell grid of equal size inside the margin, ready for arranging photos and text.

Step 5: Hiding and Locking Guides

Press Ctrl; to hide guides, and press again to show them. To prevent guides from being accidentally moved, select View, Grids & Guides, Lock Guides. Smart guides with the shortcut Ctrl U help automatically align objects.

Step 6: Testing Guides

Create a box with the Rectangle Tool from the top-left corner of the cell. As you drag, the box sticks to the guide because Snap to Guide is active. The result is a precisely positioned box without needing to type numbers.

Done!

Done. We have changed the units to millimeters, using the ruler and the 0 point, drawing ruler guides, creating a grid with create guide, as well as hiding and locking guides. In the next episode, we will learn about the selection tool and the difference between frames and shapes. Need a layout design for a magazine, book, brochure, product catalog, company profile, or annual report? Cerdas Inovasi Digital provides layout and print design services, as well as opening InDesign courses from beginner to advanced. Want to master the entire series, 104 episodes from the interface to magazine and book projects? All episodes, complete with step-by-step PDF guides, exercise files, and project files, are available for premium tutorial subscribers. Subscribe starting at Rp69.000 per month, save 28% with the 12-month package, or pay once Rp999.000 for lifetime access. Want just one class? Buy the units class with lifetime access. Subscribe now at the premium page cerdasinovasidigital.com Contact us via WhatsApp, or visit cerdasinovasidigital.com Thank you for watching, see you in the next episode.

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0:03Introduction

0:37Step 1: Millimeter Units

0:55Step 2: Ruler and Zero Point

1:12Step 3: Drawing a Ruler Guide

1:36Step 4: Create Guides

1:51Step 5: Hiding and Locking Guides

2:11Step 6: Testing Guides

2:27Done!

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0:03Introduction

0:37Step 1: Millimeter Units

0:55Step 2: Ruler and Zero Point

1:12Step 3: Drawing a Ruler Guide

1:36Step 4: Create Guides

1:51Step 5: Hiding and Locking Guides

2:11Step 6: Testing Guides

2:27Done!

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Introduction

Step 1: Millimeter Units

Step 2: Ruler and Zero Point

Step 3: Drawing a Ruler Guide

Step 4: Create Guides

Step 5: Hiding and Locking Guides

Step 6: Testing Guides

Done!

Introduction

Step 1: Millimeter Units

Step 2: Ruler and Zero Point

Step 3: Drawing a Ruler Guide

Step 4: Create Guides

Step 5: Hiding and Locking Guides

Step 6: Testing Guides

Done!