Grids

Grids are integral to any layout. It is a tremendous help (especially for beginners) when placing elements in an interesting way on the page.

Grids help you think about alignment and unity.

Grid Design Slideshow
This slideshow has examples of layouts where a grid is very evident.

It shows how the grid helps to create interesting positive and negative space and a well balanced layout.

Begin to be aware of grid systems in advertisements, books, magazines and of course the newspaper.

How and why to create THUMBNAILS (tn)

The following will help you learn how to set up grids and align graphics and text in InDesign CS3:

Grids:
Setting up guides and grids (Adobe tutorial)
Five simple steps to designing with grids
Making grids in InDesign (You Tube video)
Designing with grids

Alignment:
Aligning objects (Adobe tutorial)