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Using Smart Snaps

Smart Snaps can help aligning, centering, and sizing objects relative to each other or to their place on the page. They can be turned on or off per Envision instance.

Enabling Smart Snaps

To turn Smart Snaps on, either:

  • Click Enable Smart Snaps from the Smart Snaps panel in the Layout tab of the Ribbon.

    Enable Smart Snaps
  • Select the Smart Snaps checkbox from the Show & Enable panel in the View tab of the Ribbon.

    Smart Snaps checkbox
  • Press F4.

Using Smart Snaps

  1. Ensure Smart Snaps are enabled.

  2. Drag an object or objects toward the target to which you want to align them.

  3. Release the mouse button when Smart Snaps shows the magenta guide that you want to snap the object to.

Disabling Smart Snaps

To turn Smart Snaps off, either:

  • Click Enable Smart Snaps highlighted in gray from the Smart Snaps panel in the Layout tab of the Ribbon.

    Enable Smart Snaps
  • Clear the Smart Snaps checkbox from the Show & Enable panel in the View tab of the Ribbon.

  • Press F4.

Examples of Smart Snaps

Alignment on the page

  • Snap to Top or Bottom

  • Snap to Left or Right

  • Snap to Center

  • Snap to Top or Bottom
  • Snap to Left or Right
  • Snap to Center
  • Snap to Center Vertical

  • Snap to Center Horizontal

  • Snap to Center Vertical
  • Snap to Center Horizontal

Alignment relative to other objects

  • Top of watch aligns to Top of checklist

  • Center of watch aligns to Center of checklist

  • Bottom of watch aligns to Bottom of checklist

  • Top of watch aligns to Top of checklist
  • Center of watch aligns to Center of checklist
  • Bottom of watch aligns to Bottom of checklist
  • Right of checklist aligns to Left of watch

  • Center of checklist align to Center of watch

  • Left of checklist aligns to Right of watch

  • Snap to Center Vertical
  • Snap to Center Horizontal
  • Snap to Center Horizontal

Distributing relative to other objects

  • Horizontal Equidistance indicators are displayed between the objects.

    Horizontal Equidistance indicators are displayed between the objects
  • Vertical Equidistance indicators are displayed between the objects.

    Vertical Equidistance indicators are displayed between the objects

Resizing Relative to Other Objects

  • Resizing the object (most left) shows the same height indicator on the object (most right) which has the same height as the mouse pointer position at that time.

    Resizing the object (most left) shows the same height indicator on the object (most right) which has the same height as the mouse pointer position at that time
  • Resizing the object (most left) shows the same width indicator on the object (center) which has the same width as the mouse pointer position at that time.

    Resizing the object (most left) shows the same width indicator on the object (center) which has the same width as the mouse pointer position at that time

Short video tutorial

Configuring Smart Snaps

  1. Click Set Up Smart Snaps from the Smart Snaps panel in the Layout tab of the Ribbon.

    Set Up Smart Snaps
  2. Set the Guideline Color from the pop-up color palette.

    Smart Snaps Options Pop-up Dialog
  3. Deselect the Visible Object Only checkbox when you want hidden objects to trigger Smart Snaps to appear.

  4. Select the Include Group Object checkbox when you want grouped objects to trigger Smart Snaps to appear.

  5. Click OK.

Last modified: 28 September 2024