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Now that you've set the trim size and changed the units of measure, you're ready to set up
a grid for the design of the bulletin. Grids help you create pages that conform to your
designs. Sahafi makes it easy to set up a grid. Most of the text, pictures, and other
elements you will place on the pages in this tutorial are designed to align to a grid of
seven rows and five columns.
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Choose Grid from the Page menu.
Sahafi's preset grid appears on the page in the document window - four rows and two columns
of grid rectangles. Though the grid appears on your screen, it doesn't appear on the pages
you print. It's just there to help you position elements as you work.
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Choose Grid Setup from the Page
menu. The Grid Setup dialog box appears, with options for eight standard grids. But the
five-by-seven grid for this tutorial is not standard, it's a custom grid. Custom Grid is
the preset option, so you don't need to select it.
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Click OK. The Custom Grid dialog
box appears. The units of measure you specified in the Preferences dialog box are
displayed at the top of the dialog box. The preset bottom and inside margins match the
design for the bulletin already, but you need to change the top and outside margins.
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Type these specifications: Top: 6;
Bottom: 3; Inside 3; Outside 6; Row Spacing 1; Column Spacing 1; Number of Rows 7; Number
of Columns 5. The number you type replaces the selected number in each box. You can use
the Tab key to move from one box to the next. The bulletin in this tutorial is a
double-sided document. Since Double Sided is the preset option, you don't need to change
it.
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Click OK.The Custom Grid dialog
box disappears, and the custom grid replaces Sahafi's preset grid on the page.
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