Rulers and Grids
About
Rulers and Grid
Show
or hide the grid
Set
grid spacing and subdivisions
Set
grid color and style
Show
or hide rulers
Set
ruler measurement units
About Rulers and Grid
Rulers
and Grid help you position the
shapes precisely in your documents, and measure the
dimensions of the shapes which are on page. The
Rulers and Grid use the units of measure set for the
document.
Rulers
Each drawing window
has vertical and horizontal rulers that show
measurements at the scale (scale: A measure of the
relationship between actual distances and distances
represented in a Visio drawing. For example, a floor
plan might have a scale of one meter of actual
distance to one centimeter in the drawing.) of the
drawing.
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The intervals of
the ruler correspond to the measurement unit you
set in the
Page Setup dialog box.
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When you move
shapes in a drawing, faint lines appear on the
rulers to indicate the position of the shapes.
Grid
The grid helps to
position shape more precisely. You can show/hide the
grid in the document. Use the Grid option in the
View menu.
By default, the grid
is not printed with the document.
If you want grid to be printed, select printing grid
line option in the Page Setup dialog. Read also
Print
setup.
Show
or hide the grid
To show or hide the grid, you can:
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On the
View
menu, click
Grid.
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On the
Tools
menu, click
Grid & Rulers, then
Grid & Rulers
dialog will come up, in
Grid & Rulers
dialog, click
Show Grid.
Set
grid spacing and subdivisions
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On the
Tools
menu, click
Grid & Rulers.
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The
Grid & Rulers
dialog will come up.
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In
Grid
box, type the value in
Grid spacing
and
Subdivisions boxes.
Set
grid color and style
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On the
Tools
menu, click
Grid & Rulers.
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The
Grid & Rulers
dialog will come up.
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In
Grid
box:
Show
or hide rulers
To show or hide the rulers, you can:
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On the
View
menu, click
Rulers.
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On the
Tools
menu, click
Grid & Rulers, then
Grid & Rulers
dialog will come up, in
Grid & Rulers
dialog, click
Show Rulers.
Set
ruler measurement units
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On the
Tools
menu, click
Grid & Rulers.
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The
Grid & Rulers
dialog will come up.
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In
Grid & Rulers
dialog, click
Ruler Unit to select the ruler
measurement unit.
