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Controlling the Drawing Grid
Summary: One of the lesser-known drawing tools provided in Word is the drawing grid. You can easily turn this feature on and use it to help you create drawing objects that are uniformly sized and placed.When you are working with Word's drawing tools, you might find it difficult to align objects. Fortunately there is a drawing feature that you can use to assist you in doing this. You can use the drawing grid to provide a temporary, non-printing "straight edge." In this way you can easily align other objects in your drawing.
To use the drawing grid, follow these steps:
- Display the Page Layout tab of the ribbon.
- Within the Arrange group, click the Align drop-down list. Word displays a list of available commands.
- Choose Grid Settings. Word displays the Drawing Grid dialog box. (Click here to see a related figure.)
- Use the controls in the dialog box to set the specifics of the grid. You can use the controls to specify the horizontal and vertical spacing used in the grid. You should also make sure the Snap to Grid option is selected.
- Make sure the Display Gridlines On Screen check box is selected. (You can turn the gridlines on and off later by using the View tab of the ribbon, in the Show/Hide group.)
- Click on OK.
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