InDesign CS5 Bible- P6: InDesign is a powerful tool that serves as the standard program for professional layout and design. The latest version boasts a variety of updates and enhancements. Packed with real-world examples and written by industry expert Galen Gruman, this in-depth resource clearly explains how InDesign CS5 allows for better typography and transparency features, speedier performance, and more user control than any other layout program. | Chapter 7 Creating Layout Standards 3. Type the distance between grid lines in the Gridline Every field. If your basic measurement unit is an inch you probably want to use the default value of 1 inch. 4. Type the number of divisions between grid lines in the Subdivisions field. If your basic measurement unit is an inch you can specify a value of 6 to subdivide the grid into 1-pica squares. Or if you prefer you can type a value of 4 8 16 and so on to subdivide the grid into standard divisions of an inch. 5. Click OK to close the dialog box and return to the document. Tip The Show Hide Document Grid command choose View C Grids Guides C Show Hide Document Grid or apostrophe or Ctrl apostrophe lets you display and hide the document grid. Snapping to guides If the Snap to Guides command choose View C Grids Guides C Snap to Guides or press Shift @cmd semicolon or Ctrl Shift semicolon is selected object edges snap to guidelines and grids when you drag them in the snap zone. To specify the snap zone the distance in pixels at which an object snaps to a guide choose InDesign C Preferences C Guides Pasteboard or press K on the Mac or choose Edit C Preferences C Guides Pasteboard or press Ctrl K in Windows and type a value in the Snap to Zone field in the Guide Options section of the dialog box. Setting the snap zone is just the first step. You must turn on the snap-to feature in InDesign as well for whichever elements you want to snap to For guidelines and baseline grids be sure Snap to Guides is turned on. Choose View C Guides Grids C Snap to Guides or press Shift semicolon or Ctrl Shift semicolon . Note that the guidelines must be visible for objects to snap to them to make them visible choose View C Guides Grids C Show Guides or press semicolon or Ctrl semicolon but the baseline grid need not be visible. For document grids be sure that Snap to Document Grid is turned on. Choose View C Guides Grids C Snap to Document Grid or press Shift apostrophe or Ctrl Shift apostrophe .
