Grid Spacing, Rulers, and Guidelines

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Use the View menu to enable or disable most diagram space indicators, such as rulers and page breaks. Guideline commands are on the Arrange menu.

Grids align shapes to a series of snap points on the diagram space. With the Snap to Grid feature enabled, every shape that you move locks on to these points. Grid snapping is turned on by default.

Guidelines work with rulers as a visual marker for arranging shapes on the diagram page. Like grids, you can snap shapes to guidelines. Guidelines do not print.

Task	Procedure
Turn on/off Snap to Grid feature	On the Arrange menu, point to Grid and choose Snap to Grid.
Change grid spacing	On the Tools menu, choose Options. Click the Alignment tab, select the Snap to Grid check box, and select grid spacing.
Show grid dots	On the Arrange menu, point to Grid and choose Show Grid Dots.
Force (snap) objects onto the grid	Select objects you want snapped to the grid. On the Arrange menu, point to Grid and choose Snap Objects to Grid.
Change ruler measurement unit	Right-click the ruler and choose Inches or Centimeters.
Create guidelines	Click and drag a guideline from the horizontal or vertical ruler. To remove guidelines, click and drag them off the diagram space.