Microsoft KB Archive/254484

= How to create a printable grid in Visio =

PSS ID Number: 254484

Article Last Modified on 4/11/2005

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Visio 2002 Professional
 * Microsoft Visio 2002 Standard
 * Microsoft Visio 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visio 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visio 2000 Technical Edition
 * Microsoft Visio 2000 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Visio Standard 5.0x
 * Microsoft Visio Professional 5.0x
 * Microsoft Visio Technical 5.0x
 * Microsoft Visio Enterprise 5.0x

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This article was previously published under Q254484



SUMMARY
This article contains instructions for printing grid lines on a Visio drawing page. Although Visio programs do not have a setting to print the grid, you can create your own printable grid quickly and easily by setting up a background page, and then using the line tool and duplication features to create the grid. To print the grid, you just assign it to a foreground page.



Setting up the background page

 * 1) Start a new drawing file, and then on the Edit menu, point to Drawing Page, and then click Properties.
 * 2) In the Type section of the Page Properties dialog box, click Background to make this a background page, and then click OK.

Creating the grid

 * 1) On the Tools menu, click Ruler & Grid.
 * 2) In the Ruler & Grid dialog box, select Coarse, Normal, Fine, or Fixed for Grid to set your drawing grid, and then click OK.
 * 3) With the line tool, draw a vertical line along the page over the grid line (press SHIFT while drawing to keep the line straight). It is easiest to start from one edge of the page as you will use the duplication feature to copy the line across the page.
 * 4) Select the pointer tool, and then position the pointer over the line so that the pointer turns white.
 * 5) Hold down the CTRL key--a plus sign (+) will appear next to the pointer--and then click and drag the line to the next grid line on your drawing page. This duplicates the line and positions it on the second grid line.
 * 6) Press F4 to repeat the command until the lines are copied across the page.
 * 7) Repeat steps 2 through 5, drawing a horizontal line this time. Again, it is most effective to start at the top or bottom edge.

Assigning the grid to a foreground so that you can print it

 * 1) On the Edit menu, point to Go To, and then click Foreground to switch to the foreground page.
 * 2) On the Edit menu, point to Drawing Page, and then click Properties.
 * 3) In the Page Properties dialog box, for Background, select the name of the page on which you created the grid.

Keywords: kbprint KB254484

Technology: kbVisio2000Search kbVisio2002Search kbVisio500xSearch kbVisioSearch kbZNotKeyword2 kbZNotKeyword3

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