How to turn off comment moving guides

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LukeLdh
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How to turn off comment moving guides

Post by LukeLdh »

Hi, I'm using PDF Exchange Editor v10.7.2 build 400

Is there a way to turn off these guides when moving comments? Sometimes these get in the way when doing drawing markup. Thanks
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Willy Van Nuffel
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Re: How to turn off comment moving guides

Post by Willy Van Nuffel »

Hi,

Personally I do not immediately see an option to turn off these guides.

What you can do, is move the selected comment(s) by using the cursor keys on your keyboard.
In that circumstance, the guides do not show up.

You can set the "distance to move" via File > Preferences > Measurement > Nudge...

Does that help ?

Kind regards.
LukeLdh
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Re: How to turn off comment moving guides

Post by LukeLdh »

I think the developer should include a toggle to turn these guides off, it can be under Grid & Guides options, or even a keyboard shortcut. They can be useful at certain times but in other instances you just can't see what you're doing.

I do use the nudge options and and I like to set them to fit with the grid system. Very useful when copy and paste elements at regular intervals.
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Re: How to turn off comment moving guides

Post by Dimitar - PDF-XChange »

Hi,

You cant turn these guide off.

I will ask our developers of they can add such a feature but to be honest I doubt that they will add it as this not something that many people need.

Regards.