Gridlines in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows
Learn about viewing and hiding gridlines in PowerPoint 2013.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version:
Microsoft PowerPoint 2013
OS: Windows 7 and 8
PowerPoint's Gridlines help you position
your slide objects more precisely -- along with
Rulers and Guides,
Gridlines let you position and snap slide objects in place so that you can easily line a
set of slide objects uniformly. Gridlines are intersecting parallel and vertical dotted
lines displayed on the slide forming almost a dotted graph-like mesh, as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1: Gridlines on a slide
By default, these gridlines are not visible on your slides in
PowerPoint
2013. In this tutorial you'll learn how to show or hide these Gridlines in
PowerPoint
2013 -- to make your work easier when working with complicated slide arrangements.
- Launch PowerPoint 2013, and open a
Blank Presentation as shown in Figure 2. Note that there are no
gridlines visible by default.
Figure 2: Default PowerPoint interface with no Gridlines visible
- To enable gridlines, select the View tab of the
Ribbon, and make sure you select the
Gridlines check-box, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 3.
Figure 3: Gridlines check-box selected
Conversely, if you want to hide gridlines again, just deselect the Gridlines check-box (refer to Figure 3).
Tip: To turn on the visibility of the gridlines, you can use the keyboard shortcut Shift + F9. Use the same shortcut key to toggle it away. Want more keyboard shortcuts? Get a copy of our PowerPoint Keyboard Shortcuts Ebook. - Now you can see the gridlines displayed on the slide, as shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4: Gridlines made visible on PowerPoint slide
Note: Once your gridlines are visible on the slide area, you can make them work for you! First, tweak the Snap to Grid settings as per your requirements, and then explore our Working with Snap to Grid tutorial.
See Also:
Gridlines in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows
Gridlines in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows
PowerPoint Keyboard Shortcuts and Sequences:
PowerPoint 2013, 2011, 2010, 2007 and 2003
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