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258 | A Guide to QuarkXPress 2019
Using a master page grid
To specify a master page grid for a layout page, apply the master page to the project
page.
Locking text to a grid
Using a style sheet or local paragraph formatting, you can lock text to the master
page grid or a text box grid. To lock text to a grid:
To set up text locking for a style sheet, choose Edit > Style Sheets, select a 1.
paragraph style sheet, click Edit, and then click the Formats tab. To set up text
locking for a paragraph, select the paragraph and use the Paragraph tab of the
Measurements palette.
Paragraph tab of the Measurements palette.
In the Formats tab, check Lock to Grid. 2.
To specify the grid to which the text will lock, choose Page Grid or Text box 3.
Grid from the first drop-down menu below Lock to Grid.
To specify the grid line to which text will lock, choose Topline, Centerline, 4.
Baseline, or Bottomline from the second drop-down menu below Lock to
Grid.
Snapping items to design grids
You can make items snap to master page grid lines, and when you resize a text box,
you can snap to the text box grid.
To snap to a master page grid line, display the master page grid (View > Page Grid)
and then choose View > Snap to Page Grid.
The Snap Distance field in the Guides & Grids pane of the Preferences dialog box
enables you to change the 6-pixel default distance at which items snap to page grids
when Snap to Page Grids is chosen (View menu).
To snap to a text box grid line when you resize a text box, display the text box grid
and resize the box.
Aligning grids
To align a text box grid line or cell to a master page grid line or a guide:
Make sure View > Guides, View > Page Grids, and View > Text Box Grids are 1.
checked.
Select the Item tool . 2.
Click a grid line in the text box and then drag the box. Note that even as you 3.
move the grid line, the original position of the box continues to display. You
can align the selected grid line with another grid line in the box, a master page
grid line, or a guide. (See notes on Live Drag below.)