Overview
Add Persistent Guides draws guide lines as annotations at specified margin positions on selected pages. Unlike Acrobat’s built-in guides (which are view-only and not saved with the document), these guides are stored as line annotations and persist when the file is saved and reopened. You can optionally make them printable.
How to use
- Open a PDF document in Acrobat.
- Go to Plug-Ins > Pages > Add Guides.
- Select the page range on which to place guides.
- Choose the measurement unit.
- Enter the margin positions for each edge where guide lines should appear.
- Optionally enable the Printable option.
- Click OK to add the guides.
Options
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Page range | The pages on which to add guide lines. Choose All pages or specify a From / To range. |
| Units | Choose between Points, Inches, or Centimeters. All margin values use the selected unit. |
| Left margin | Position of the vertical guide line measured from the left edge of the page.
Set to 0 to omit. |
| Top margin | Position of the horizontal guide line measured from the top edge of the page.
Set to 0 to omit. |
| Right margin | Position of the vertical guide line measured from the right edge of the page.
Set to 0 to omit. |
| Bottom margin | Position of the horizontal guide line measured from the bottom edge of the page.
Set to 0 to omit. |
| Printable | When enabled, the guide lines will appear in printed output. When disabled, guides are visible on screen but do not print. |
Tip
Use printable guides to add visible margin lines to proof copies. Disable the printable option for on-screen reference guides that should not appear in the final output.
Note
Guides are added as line annotations. They can be selected and deleted individually using Acrobat’s annotation tools if you need to remove specific guides later.