Work Smarter with PDFelement User Guide
PDFelement 12 User Guide
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Get Started with PDFelement
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Open PDF
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View PDF
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Create PDF Files
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Annotate PDF Files
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Edit PDF Files
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Combine PDF Files
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Organize PDF Files
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PDF OCR
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Convert PDF Files
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Fill PDF Form
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Protect & Sign PDF
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Print PDF Files
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Share PDF Files
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PDF AI Tools
- Summarize Multiple PDFs
- PDF Grammar Checker
- AI Knowledge Card
- Customize AI Assistant
- Customize AI Prompt
- Intelligent Image Editing
- Explain Content & Code
- How to Summarize a PDF to a Mind Map on Windows
- PDF to Markdown with AI
- Proofread PDF
- Rewrite PDF
- Summarize PDF
- How to Get Side-by-Side Translation?
- Batch Translate PDFs
- Generate Images With AI
- Chat with PDF
- Chat with Multiple PDFs
- Translate PDF
- How to Read Aloud PDF
- AI Content Detector
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How to View PDF with Ruler and Grids
PDFelement provides rulers, grids, guides, coordinates, and line weights so you can align and measure precisely while editing PDFs. Follow the steps below to control these viewing options.
Enable Grid
- Open your PDF, go to the left sidebar, click View > Rulers Grids, then choose Grid to show grid lines on the page.

Enable Grid from View
Enable Ruler
- From the same menu, pick Ruler to display horizontal and vertical rulers along the page edges.

Show page rulers
Other Options
- Enable Guides, Coordinates, and Line Weights as needed for precise layout control.

More layout options