Operation Manual

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Baseline grid
Clean and consistent typography is very important in design. PagePlus
X8's baseline grid eases the process, using a global document alignment
grid or grids for individual text frames. The grid is strictly for text
alignment and is non-printing, so you only see it while designing.
When to use a Baseline Grid
The baseline grid layout option should be enabled when you want the
neatest text layout, especially when composing using multi-column text
frames or multiple frames per page. The baseline grid is a finishing
process during text composition, applied after character size, line
spacing and paragraph spacing considerations.
Applying a baseline grid setting to individual text frames overrides a
publication's baseline grid, but for consistency it's recommended that
you use a publication baseline grid.
Adding baseline grids
To add a baseline grid:
1. From the Pages context toolbar, select
Options.
2. In the left of the window, select the Baseline Grid option in the
Layout section.
3. Check the Baseline Grid setting and adjust start point, spacing, and
display options if required.
Text will not align to a baseline grid unless its paragraph properties have
the Align to Baseline Grid setting enabled; this is enabled by default on
new frame text. This is only available to text frames and paragraphs
within text frames, it cannot be applied to artistic text.