The command adds a guide to the image. For more information about guides, see the glossary entry on Guides.
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| You can add guides to the image more quickly, but less accurately, by simply clicking and dragging guides from the image rulers and positioning them where you would like. | 
When you select , a dialog opens, which allows you to set the Direction and Position, in pixels, of the new guide more precisely than by using click-and-drag. The Direction may be Horizontal or Vertical. The coordinate origin for the Position is the upper left corner of the image.