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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 to a master page grid line or to a guide:
1
Make sure View > Guides, View > Page Grids, and View > Text Box Grids are checked.
2
Select the Item tool .
3
Click a grid line in the text box and then drag the box. Note that even as you 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.)
Live drag is a feature that lets you see the contents of an item while you are moving the
item. However, selected grid lines do not display when live drag is active.
Working with hanging characters
Hanging character sets handle both hanging punctuation and margin alignment. Margin
alignment lets you hang characters partially outside the margin to create visually uniform
text alignment along the margin. Hanging punctuation lets you hang punctuation
characters fully outside the margin so that the text is flush against either a uniform margin
at the beginning of a line of text (leading) or against a uniform margin at the end of a line
of text (trailing). For example, the quotation mark in the first sample text below is hanging
outside the leading margin, which allows the first character in the first line of text to align
evenly with the rows of text below it. The quotation mark in the second sample text below
is hanging outside the trailing margin.
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