HOW TO: Set up a Grid

What is a grid?

A grid is a regular array of points used to help make elements of a drawing snap to exact increments of the grid interval. Snap is toggled on or off as required with the View menu. The grid can be made invisible or visible as an array of dots or lines separately from the Snap setting. Smaller grids are best displayed as dots.

Setting the Grid

Select the Tools|Options menu. Expand the Document Options and select the Grids and Guidelines item. Corel Draw 9 has a View|Grid and Ruler Setup item and the Grid and Guidelines are separate Options. Use either the Spacing method or the Frequency method. The illustration to the right shows the spacing being set to 1mm and the grid visibility set to dot form.

Use the View|Grid and Ruler Setup menu as required to toggle the grid display and the View|Snap to Grid menu to toggle Snap mode.

The default grid distance may have been set by a previous user.