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Preparing a new page

01. Check that units of measure are in metric
(Start/Settings/Control Panel/Regional Settings/Number/Measurement System)
02. Load PowerPoint
03. From File click on New blank page (24cm width x18cm height)
04. From View enable Ruler and Guides
05. Notice that the Guides meet at the centre (0 on the Ruler)
06. From Draw enable Snap to Grid
07. From View, click on Zoom and choose 100%

Drawing the ruler/guides

01. Choose the Line tool from the Drawing ToolBox
02. Draw a straight horizontal line from 0 to 1cm on the horizontal guide line
03. From LineStyle choose the thin line
04. Notice that the line has two vector points
05. From Edit click on Duplicate
06. A replica of the line appears slightly lower and to the right
07. Use the Arrow Keys to position the line 1cm on top of the first line
08. From Edit click on Duplicate for 8 times (you have now drawn 10 ruler markers)
09. From Draw choose Align/left side to make sure that all lines are aligned
10. Select all 10 lines and from Draw choose Group
(3 handles in front, 2 in the middle and 3 at the back)
11. Centre the Group on the vertical guide (Snap to)
12. Duplicate the whole Group of 10 lines
13. Position the new Group underneath the first group
14. Notice that the two groups will snap together
15. Select the two Groups and from Draw choose Group (19 lines)
16. Duplicate the whole group of 19 lines
17. From Draw choose Rotate (90°) to obtain horizontal ruler guides
(draw additional lines to make up 25 lines in all)
18. Position and centre on the horizontal guide
19. You may chose to position your ruler guides to the left and top of your page
20. You may now extend the horizontal and vertical ruler guides from their respective centre handles to form a grid.

Finally copy the grid to the clipboard, from View choose Master/SlideMaster and Paste.
Go back to normal view and your grid is now locked in the background as in a layer.
You can draw in normal view as if you have a tracing paper over a grid background.
When you finish drawing you can delete the grid from the master pages.


	Winston Attard	Graphics
	Drawing Ruler Guides on PowerPoint
	Preparing a new page 01. Check that units of measure are in metric (Start/Settings/Control Panel/Regional Settings/Number/Measurement System) 02. Load PowerPoint 03. From File click on New blank page (24cm width x18cm height) 04. From View enable Ruler and Guides 05. Notice that the Guides meet at the centre (0 on the Ruler) 06. From Draw enable Snap to Grid 07. From View, click on Zoom and choose 100% Drawing the ruler/guides 01. Choose the Line tool from the Drawing ToolBox 02. Draw a straight horizontal line from 0 to 1cm on the horizontal guide line 03. From LineStyle choose the thin line 04. Notice that the line has two vector points 05. From Edit click on Duplicate 06. A replica of the line appears slightly lower and to the right 07. Use the Arrow Keys to position the line 1cm on top of the first line 08. From Edit click on Duplicate for 8 times (you have now drawn 10 ruler markers) 09. From Draw choose Align/left side to make sure that all lines are aligned 10. Select all 10 lines and from Draw choose Group (3 handles in front, 2 in the middle and 3 at the back) 11. Centre the Group on the vertical guide (Snap to) 12. Duplicate the whole Group of 10 lines 13. Position the new Group underneath the first group 14. Notice that the two groups will snap together 15. Select the two Groups and from Draw choose Group (19 lines) 16. Duplicate the whole group of 19 lines 17. From Draw choose Rotate (90°) to obtain horizontal ruler guides (draw additional lines to make up 25 lines in all) 18. Position and centre on the horizontal guide 19. You may chose to position your ruler guides to the left and top of your page 20. You may now extend the horizontal and vertical ruler guides from their respective centre handles to form a grid. Finally copy the grid to the clipboard, from View choose Master/SlideMaster and Paste. Go back to normal view and your grid is now locked in the background as in a layer. You can draw in normal view as if you have a tracing paper over a grid background. When you finish drawing you can delete the grid from the master pages.
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