You will find yourself in this dilemma every time you want to do a project that needs a grid sheet when using the Word Office text editor. Since it always presents us with a flat background and later we must resort to the use of the Excel program. But you can do this in Word and not have to use another program, continue with us and we will teach you how to make a grid sheet in Word for printing.
Likewise, as the statement says, In a few minutes you will be able to make your squared sheet because the truth is that this trick is extremely simple, you don't need to spend a lot of time to apply it and no need to download a template.
You just have to follow the instructions that we are going to teach you here to the letter, so that you get more knowledge about this great text editor. That way you will learn how to make a grid sheet in Word for printing.
The program of Word By default it includes a grid that we can find if we go to the tab with the name of 'View’ and select ‘Grid lines’. But if you take this action, You can notice that on the right side of the sheet the grids are cut and there is no way or way to change the dimensions and prevent it from looking that way.
To avoid this limitation that you offer us Word, We are going to teach you a trick so that you can present a square blade Perfect. We can make the changes we want, customize the sheet with the number of photographs we need and we can also print it.
Make a grid sheet in Word
To start, we started to run the Word program to make a grid sheet and we select a blank document, later we must choose what the dimensions will be.
For this, first we go to the 'View tab’ and we verify that the 'Rule' option’ is active or selected. To appreciate the dimensions of the page.
We must also configure the design of the page, We do this by clicking on 'Page Design’ and we set the margins. These we can put to the size we want. For our example we will put all the margins, both left and right, and up and down 2 cm and then we will click on 'Accept'.
Once this is done, now we can go to the ‘Insert tab’, later in 'Table’ and click on 'Insert table …’, where we can customize it. A box appears and we place the following values, these will be examples, since you can place the dimensions that best suit your project.
Columns and rows
Once we click on 'Insert table …’ a pop-up window will appear where we will have to place the number of columns and the number of rows in our table or grid. In this step is where you should be aware of the extent of the grid you want.
Color and border
Then you can edit the color and borders of the grid you just created being able to change the color and thickness of the border lines. We do this by clicking on the cross symbol with arrowheads, which will select the entire grid and then right click to choose 'Borders and shading …’.
There you can change the color of the lines as well as their thickness. There you can also change line style you want the grid to have.
Another way to make more specific settings, as the specific size of the columns and rows, as well as the border and alignment with the text, is through ‘Table properties …’. You will find this option by right clicking on the grid, in the pop-up menu.
Design and customization of the grid sheet
We should mention that standard grid sheets that people buy regularly come with a width of 0.5cm. We have to take this into account to be able to place the correct dimensions. As an example, if our rule shows 17,5 cm, our sheet can contain 35 squares from right to left and can be even.
To continue with the example we are dealing with, we will place in ‘Column number’ the amount of 35, in 'Number of rows’ we will put 40. This will depend on the sheet size and can be changed if it exceeds the dimensions of the sheets, in the same way as when printing. Later we put the value of 0.5 in 'Fixed column width’ so that this value is always kept in the entire grid of the sheet and we click on 'OK'.
As you will see, have you square blade Clever. It only remains to check the dimensions so that no squares appear on another sheet. If so, just shade it and use keyboard shortcuts, like ‘Ctrl + X’. If you notice, the grid shows a very pronounced color. To change it we select the sheet, then we click on 'Design', later in 'Border style’ or 'Borders'.
For our example, we enter ‘Borders’ and we click on 'Borders and shading', a new window will appear and we select a color. We try to find the one that looks like the one we found in the standard grid sheets, now we click accept. We see that now our sheet looks much more like a standard grid sheet.
How to print a square sheet?
Once you have created it, edited and adjusted to the size you need, you will simply have to print it as usual. Do this by selecting 'To print’ in the Office Button menu. It should be noted that the squared sheet will come out exactly as seen in the edition, This is why you must be sure that it has the essential dimensions.
How to Grid a Picture in Word?
This procedure is very easy. You will simply have to choose the image to place in the grid and you will go to the ‘Format tab’ where you should click on 'Align'. Then you will select ‘Grid configuration …’ and there you must edit the section ‘Grid configuration’ adjusting horizontal and vertical spacing.
That way you can place a grid to a picture in Word quickly, being this very useful for many cases.
You see how easy it is to make a grid sheet in Word to print, in a few simple steps you have learned how to do it. And remember that when printing make sure the margins are adequate That they fit the size of the sheet so that it comes out as you expect.
