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As we have seen that now Corel draw treats the
guideline like a normal object that can be selected, deleted even
can be rotated. While working in Corel draw sometimes its advisable
to lock the guideline so that it will not move while working with
the objects. You can select and lock or unlock the guidelines.
1. Open Corel DRAW.
2. Drag the few horizontal and vertical guidelines
using pick tool.
3. Using Pick Tool, select any guideline.
4. Go to Arrange > Lock
Object

5. Try to move the guideline using pick tool, it
will not move. It won't even get deleted.
6. Select the locked guideline with pick tool.
7. Go to Arrange > Unlock
Object

8. Now it can be moved or deleted.
Let us go into the deep of guidelines using
Guidelines Setup.
9 . View > Guidelines Setup

10. By default, show guidelines will be checked, if
not, check it.
11. Change the default guideline color to Green and
click OK.
12. Drag the guideline on the page.
13. It will have green color and when selected will
turn into red.

14. Go to View > Guidelines
Setup
15. Uncheck Show Guidelines
16. The guidelines will disappear.
17. Bring them back by either checking the same box
or View > Guidelines
There is another way to access Guidelines Setup and
clear the guidelines on the page.
18. Drag the horizontal and vertical guidelines on
the page.
19. Double click on the horizontal guideline using
pick tool.
20. This will open guidelines setup box with
Horizontal option opened.
21. If you click on vertical guideline, it will open
the guidelines setup box with Vertical option opened.

22. The number in the box indicates the position of
the selected guideline.
23. Press clear, the number will vanish and the
guideline will disappear.
24. You can press delete to delete the guideline.
Let us see how to move and add the guideline at the
precise distance using guidelines setup.
25. Open Corel DRAW.
26. Drag the horizontal and vertical guidelines on
the page.
27. Double click on the horizontal guideline using
pick tool.
28. This will open guidelines setup box with
Horizontal option opened.
29. Add some figure in the box other than what is
present by default, if suppose it is 6, then add 10.

30. Click Move.
31. The selected guideline will be moved at 10.
32. Now add 2 in the box and click Add.
33. You will get new guideline at 2.
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