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Properties
Property | Type | Access | Description |
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allowOverrides | bool | r/w | If true, the master page item can be overridden. |
fitToPage | bool | r/w | If true, horizontal orientation guides stop at the edges of the specified page. If false, the guides extends across the width of the spread and into the pasteboard area. |
guideColor | 3 Reals (0 - 255) UIColors |
r/w | The color of the guide, specified either as an array of three doubles, each in the range 0 to 255 and representing R, G, and B values, or as a UI color. Can return: Array of 3 Reals (0 - 255) or UIColors enumerator. |
id | number | readonly | The unique ID of the Guide. |
index | number | readonly | The index of the Guide within its containing object. |
isValid | bool | readonly | Returns true if the object specifier resolves to valid objects. |
itemLayer | Layer | r/w | The layer that the Guide is on. |
label | string | r/w | A property that can be set to any string. |
location | Measurement Unit (Number or String) | r/w | The location at which to place the guide relative to the current ruler zero point. |
locked | bool | r/w | If true, the Guide is locked. |
orientation | HorizontalOrVertical: HorizontalOrVertical.HORIZONTAL HorizontalOrVertical.VERTICAL |
r/w | The orientation of the guide. |
overridden | bool | readonly | If true, the object originated on a master spread and was overridden. If false, the object either originated on a master spread and was not overridden, or the object did not originate on a master page. |
overriddenMasterPageItem | Graphic Guide Movie PageItem Sound |
readonly | An object that originated on a master page and has been overridden. Can return: PageItem, Guide, Graphic, Movie or Sound. |
parent | Page | readonly | The parent of the Guide (a Page). |
properties | Object | r/w | A property that allows setting of several properties at the same time. |
viewThreshold | number (range: 5 - 4000) | r/w | The view magnification as a percentage below which guides are no longer displayed. (Range: 5.0 to 4000.0) |
Methods
Instances
void detach ()
Detaches an overridden master page item from the master page.
Guide duplicate ()
Duplicates the Guide.
string extractLabel (key:
string)
Gets the label value associated with the specified key.
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
key | string | The key. |
Array of Guide getElements ()
Resolves the object specifier, creating an array of object references.
void insertLabel (key:
string, value:
string)
Sets the label to the value associated with the specified key.
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
key | string | The key. |
value | string | The value. |
void move ([to:
Array of Measurement Unit (Number or String)][, by:
Array of Measurement Unit (Number or String)])
Moves the guide to a new location. Note: Either the to or the by parameter is required; if both parameters are defined, only the to value is used.
Parameter | Type | Description |
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to | Array of Measurement Unit (Number or String) | The new location of the guide, in the format [x, y]. (Optional) |
by | Array of Measurement Unit (Number or String) | The amount to move the guide relative to its current position, in the format [x, y]. (Optional) |
any override (destinationPage:
Page)
Overrides a master page item and places the item on the document page as a new object.
Parameter | Type | Description |
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destinationPage | Page | The document page that contains the master page item to override. |
void remove ()
Deletes the Guide.
void removeOverride ()
Removes the override from a previously overridden master page item.
void select ([existingSelection:
SelectionOptions=SelectionOptions.REPLACE_WITH])
Selects the object.
Parameter | Type | Description |
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existingSelection | SelectionOptions: SelectionOptions.ADD_TO SelectionOptions.REMOVE_FROM SelectionOptions.REPLACE_WITH | The selection status of the Guide in relation to previously selected objects. (Optional) (default: SelectionOptions.REPLACE_WITH) |
string toSource ()
Generates a string which, if executed, will return the Guide.
string toSpecifier ()
Retrieves the object specifier.
Element of
Button.overriddenMasterPageItem
EPS.overriddenMasterPageItem
FormField.overriddenMasterPageItem
Graphic.overriddenMasterPageItem
GraphicLine.overriddenMasterPageItem
Group.overriddenMasterPageItem
Guide.overriddenMasterPageItem
Image.overriddenMasterPageItem
ImportedPage.overriddenMasterPageItem
Movie.overriddenMasterPageItem
Oval.overriddenMasterPageItem
PDF.overriddenMasterPageItem
PICT.overriddenMasterPageItem
PageItem.overriddenMasterPageItem
Polygon.overriddenMasterPageItem
Rectangle.overriddenMasterPageItem
Sound.overriddenMasterPageItem
TextFrame.overriddenMasterPageItem
WMF.overriddenMasterPageItem
Used in:
array of Guide Guides.itemByRange (from: any, to: any)
Guide Guides.nextItem (obj: Guide)
Guide Guides.previousItem (obj: Guide)
Return
Guide Guide.duplicate ()
Array of Guide Guide.getElements ()
Guide Guides.[] (index: number)
Guide Guides.add ([layer: Layer][, withProperties: Object])
Guide Guides.anyItem ()
Array of Guide Guides.everyItem ()
Guide Guides.firstItem ()
Guide Guides.item (index: any)
Guide Guides.itemByID (id: number)
Guide Guides.itemByName (name: string)
Array of Guide Guides.itemByRange (from: any, to: any)
Guide Guides.lastItem ()
Guide Guides.middleItem ()
Guide Guides.nextItem (obj: Guide)
Guide Guides.previousItem (obj: Guide)
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