Tutorial
Set up a Grid

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.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Click OK.The Custom Grid dialog box disappears, and the custom grid replaces Sahafi's preset grid on the page.