17 did not have the new blue snap guides.
They will work here but probably not as you expect.
Hover over the black line and you will see a blue snap guide reference (is that the correct name) line appear after a second.
Now you can move away and start drawing what you want.
After you start to draw something you will now have other snap guides - one of them will be parallel to the original.
But as I say probably not what you want.
You want an orange guide line.
So drag the icon from the side of the screen (any side) over to the black line and it will place a guide line.
Now you can touch this guide line and you will see the movement handle.
Drag this (keep holding the mouse button - do not let go).
Type "D" for Distance and type the distance you want to offset it.
It should now be exactly where you want.
And will stay there until you delete it (it will not print).
Barry.
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