How to Use Rulers and Guides in Canva — Perfect Alignment Every Time |

Описание: Learn how to get pixel-perfect layouts in Canva with rulers and guides. In this quick, practical tutorial from Design Success Lab, I show you how to enable rulers, add and move guides, snap elements to guides, and remove guides when you’re finished. I also demonstrate Canva’s preset guides for creating clean, organized layouts and explain when to use them for consistent margins, columns, text baselines, and safe zones for print or video.

What you’ll learn:
Turn rulers on and off in Canva
Add horizontal and vertical guides and position them precisely
Snap objects to guides for exact alignment
Remove or clear guides when your layout is ready
Use Canva’s preset guides (margins, columns, safe zones)


Why this matters:
Guides help you keep elements consistent across designs, speed up layout work, and avoid alignment mistakes that can make designs look amateur. Use them alongside grids and the Position toolbar to produce cleaner, more professional visuals.

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:16 Show rulers in Canva
0:55 Pro Tip - Show Rulers Short Cut
1:11 Add and move guides
1:50 Snapping elements to guides
2:13 Guides on More than one Canvas
2:23 Locking Guides
2:36 Remove Guides
2:50 Using preset guides
3:33 Wrap-up and Outro


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