Set up text columns (as for a newsletter)

This procedure is useful if you are working with a publication that does not have predesigned text columns (for example, if you are creating a newsletter from scratch, rather than from a predesigned template).

1. On the Arrange menu, click Layout Guides.
2. Under Grid Guides, choose the number of columns you want.
3. If your publication will be printed on facing pages, click Create Two Master Pages with Mirrored Guides, and then click OK.
4. Do one of the following:

   Create columns for a single page

   • On the page on which you want the columns to appear, create text boxes by dragging the Text Box tool inside the columns defined by the layout guides.

   Create columns that repeat on every page

   • On both Master Pages, create text boxes by dragging the Text Box tool inside the columns defined by the layout guides.

Note   If the Snap to Guides command is turned on, each text box will snap to the nearest layout guide when you release the mouse button.