Microsoft Word Snap To Grid

These settings let you enable snap-to grids, snap-to objects, adjust the size of the gridlines, and more. The most interesting to me, is the Use Margins option in the Grid Options section. In Word and PowerPoint, gridlines are for visual reference only and cannot be printed. If you want to print gridlines in Excel, see Print gridlines in a worksheet. To show the gridlines, in Excel, PowerPoint, or Word, click the View tab, and then check the Gridlines box. To hide the gridlines, clear the Gridlines check box.

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Hi, I need to implement snap to grid functionality for my drawing tool. Ie, Say I have a polygon shape and i drag a rectangle or some other shape near the polygon, it shoud.

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To turn on or turn off Gridlines in Word, do the following:

On the Layout tab, in the Arrange group, in the Align dropdown list, click View Gridlines:

Microsoft Word How To Make Shapes Not Snap To Grid

To disable gridlines, uncheck View Gridlines.

You can also change Grid Settings:

1. On the Layout tab, in the Arrange group, in theAlign dropdown list, click Grid Settings...:

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2. On the Grid and Guides dialog box:

  • In the Grid settings section:
    • Choose the spacing value that you want in the Horizontal spacing field to specifyhorizontal spacing.
    • Choose the spacing value that you want in the Vertical spacing field to specifyvertical spacing.
  • In the Grid origin section:
    • Uncheck the Use margins checkbox to extend the drawing grid to the edge of thedocument.
    • Choose the appropriate margins, if you want, in the Horizontal origin and Verticalorigin fields.
  • In the Show grid section:
    • Select the Display gridlines on screen checkbox to display only some gridlines.
    • Select the number of gridlines that you want to display in the Vertical every orHorizontal every fields.
Microsoft word snap to grid

Microsoft Word Shapes Snap To Grid

See also this tip in French:Comment organiser facilement des formes dans Word.