Creating rows and columns

Guide Manager Pro lets you create evenly spaced rows and columns of guides with gutters. To create rows and columns of guides on the active page or spread:

  1. Choose Create Rows and Columns from the Guides palette menu.
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    The Create Rows and Columns dialog box

  2. Enter the number of horizontal rows in the Rows field. If you want space between the rows, enter a value in the Gutter field.
  3. Enter the number of vertical columns in the Columns field. If you want space between the columns, enter a value in the Gutter field.
  4. To create guides inside the master guides, click Margins. Otherwise, leave Page Boundary selected.
  5. Use the Type, Range, Color, View Scale, and Locked controls as you do in the Guide Attributes dialog box (see “Creating guides with Guide Manager Pro“).
  6. Click Preview to see the guides on-screen, then click OK.

Creating rows and columns