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• • September 24, 2015 at 10:01 am #78335
    Anonymous

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    I am trying to create a grid in InDesign where the grid is more like “Grill marks.” White vertical and horizontal bars with light grey boxes in between. I can’t seem to find a way to set this up, but I have seen it done before. Any directions or links would be much appreciated. Thanks.

  • September 24, 2015 at 10:04 am #78337
    David Blatner

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    There is a MakeGrid script: https://creativepro.com/transform-a-frame-into-a-grid-of-frames.php

    Would that work?

  • September 24, 2015 at 10:08 am #78339
    Anonymous

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    I will look into that script further, I uploaded a profile picture to show the type of grid that I am looking to create.

  • September 24, 2015 at 10:20 am #78340
    David Blatner

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    That’s a clever way to show an image. You can also just upload an image to imgur.com or dropbox or other sites and insert a link to it here.

    That looks like a Japanese writing book. :-)
    Personally, I would either make a grid of gray frames using Step and Repeat, or use that script, or just make a single gray frame and then use Step and Repeat to make a series of white lines over it.

  • September 24, 2015 at 10:23 am #78342
    Anonymous

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    Sounds great. Thanks so much for your help. I will try those and see what works best for the situation. Cheers!

  • September 24, 2015 at 2:14 pm #78348
    Anonymous

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    That trick worked. Here is a link to a video of the process and the concept. This may be old news to some, but it was magic to me.

    https://screencast.com/t/GnTzRu79l0Nh

  • September 24, 2015 at 2:29 pm #78349
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    Great video! Thanks so much for sharing that.

    I do suggest putting the grid on a master page, so you don’t have several hundred objects on each page.

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