How to Enable/Disable Smart Mouse & Guides
Smart Mouse is a drawing aid that can help the cursor precisely snap to a point on another object when you are drawing. Snap constraints like Smart Mouse are particularly useful when creating technical illustrations or documents in which micron-precision is paramount since it can snap the pointer to the corners, edges, and other points of objects.
To Open the Smart Mouse Palette:
- Choose Window | Palettes | Smart Mouse & Guides...
- Choose Layout | Smart Mouse & Guides | Show Palette...
- Press Ctrl+Alt+[ (Windows) / Alt+Command+Q (Mac)
To Turn on or off the Smart Mouse:
To turn on or off the Smart Mouse, do one of the following:
- Choose Layout | Smart Mouse & Guides | Smart Mouse On or Smart Mouse Off.
- Press F9 to toggle Smart Mouse on or off (Win) / Press Shift+Command+S to toggle Smart Mouse on or off (Mac)
- Select or deselect the Smart Mouse On checkbox in the Smart Mouse and Guides palette.
To Open the Smart Mouse & Guides Palette and Activate Virtual Guides:
- To open the Smart Mouse & Guides palette and customize the settings, do one of the following:
- Choose Window | Palettes | Smart Mouse & Guides...
- Choose Layout | Smart Mouse & Guides | Show Palette...
- Press Ctrl+Alt+[.
- Click the Guides tab.
- Select the Virtual Guides On checkbox.
- Configure the settings as described in the table below.
To Toggle Virtual Guides On or Off:
Do one of the following:
- Choose Layout | Smart Mouse & Guides | Virtual Guide On or Virtual Guide Off.
- Press F10.
- Select or deselect the Virtual Mouse On checkbox in the Smart Mouse and Guides palette.
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