Create columns and rows

Set up columns using multiple text boxes

  1. On the Arrange menu, click Layout Guides.
  2. Under Grid Guides, select the number of columns you want.
  3. If your publication will be printed on facing pages (as with a book), select the Create Two Master Pages With Mirrored Guides check box.
  4. Click OK.
  5. Create text boxes to fit the columns defined by the layout guides.

    How?

    1. On the Objects toolbar, click Text Box or Vertical Text Box.
    2. In your publication, point to where you want one corner of the text to appear, and then drag diagonally until you have the box size you want.
  6. Position the frames in the columns defined by the layout guides.

Create columns in a text box

  1. Click the text box to select it.
  2. On the Format menu, click Text Frame Properties.
  3. Under Columns, type the number of columns and the amount of spacing you want between columns.

Reset columns and rows to be evenly spaced

You can follow this procedure only if you have multiple columns or rows, and you've moved one or more of the layout guides.

To reset columns or rows to even spacing:

  1. On the Arrange menu, click Layout Guides.
  2. Under Grid Guides, select the Reset Even Spacing check box.