Align to Grid Option and Adding Rules in PageMaker

Align to Grid Option:

Sometimes you will have a particular item, such as a table, that uses a different leading from the body text, causing the baselines of type to fail to line up on the leading grid. You can use PageMaker’s Align Next Paragraph to Grid option. This option, when applied to a paragraph (such as a table), will position the following paragraph on the leading grid. You access this option through the Paragraph Specification dialog box, but it is several boxes deep in the Paragraph Rule Options dialog box. On the Paragraph Specification dialog box, click the Rules command button. Then click the Options in the resulting. Paragraph Rules dialog box. Click Align Next Paragraph to Grid option. Next to the Grid Size, type the value of your body text leading (the magic number). Hold down Shift and click OK to close all the dialog boxes.

Adding Rules Above or Below Paragraphs:

You can specify rules as a paragraph attribute so that the rules move and resize with the paragraph on the page. To apply a paragraph rule, select the paragraph (s) you want to edit. Choose Type > Paragraph and click Rules. Click Rule Above Paragraph or Rule Below Paragraph, or both. Define stroke attributes, i.e., choose a stroke pattern and the weight thereof. To specify a weight not listed on the menu, choose Custom and then type the weight from 0 to 800 points. Choose the defined color or tint from the Stroke Color pop-up menu. Choose the stroke width you want, either Width of Text (from the left indent to the line end or right indent) or Width of Column (from the left side of the text object to the right side of the text object, regardless of left or right indents or where the line ends). Set left or right indent for the rule (not for text). Click Options to set the space between the paragraph and the rules. Click Align to Grid to align the baselines of columns in multicolumn text, so that paragraph rules will also align vertically. For rules above the paragraph, PageMaker measures from the baseline of the first line in the paragraph to the top of the rule, adding space before the paragraph as necessary. For rules below a paragraph, PageMaker measures from the baseline of the last line in the paragraph to the bottom of the rule below, adding space below as necessary.