notes for Guides and grids in illustrator:
show/hide guides
turn on rulers drag them from the ruler right click on canvas to lock them (they are just objects!) guide snap under mouse cursor, NOT object!
transform object into guide
select object (rectangle) and VIEW -> GUIDES -> MAKE GUIDES
grid
show/hide grid
rightclick -> show grid VIEW -> transparency grid (like photoshop)
snap to grid
VIEW -> SNAP TO GRID
gridsize
ILLUSTRATOR -> PREFERENCES -> GUIDES AND GRID
transparency grid (like photoshop bg)
view -> transparency grid settings: file -> document preferences -> transparency