Lesson 83

Using InDesign’s Baseline Grid

In this lesson you’ll learn about a very specific type of grid, the Baseline Grid, that’s often used in magazines and reports.

New commands

  • View > Grids & Guides > Show / Hide Baseline Grid

  • Control Panel > Paragraph Formatting > Align to Baseline Grid

  • Paragaph Styles Panel: right click to edit style > Indents & Spacing > Align to Grid > All Lines

  • InDesign > Preferences OR Edit > Preferences > Grids > Increment Every