9.3

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:
1
To set up text locking for a style sheet, choose Edit > Style Sheets, select a paragraph style
sheet, click Edit, and then click the Formats tab. To set up text locking for a paragraph,
select the paragraph and then choose Style > Formats.
Formats tab of Paragraph Attributes dialog box.
2
In the Formats tab, check Lock to Grid.
3
To specify the grid to which the text will lock, choose Page Grid or Text box Grid from
the first drop-down menu below Lock to Grid.
4
To specify the grid line to which text will lock, choose Topline, Centerline, 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.
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