Continuing Indesign document setup.

When it comes to layout, it can be helpful to set up guides to keep structure throughout the magazine/layout etc.

Select – Layout, then – Guides

And a starting point would be to create a ‘modular’ grid 3 by 3 or 5 by 5. Quite often even numbers is uneasy to the eye. When setting up the grid, be sure to use the margins for the grid layout. It helps to keep things even, and equal. And you don’t want to put any design in the margin.

In order for these guides to appear on all of the pages, they need to be set up on the master page. The master page is where you can create guides, number pages and the same layout will appear on every page if you’re creating a book. Double click on the master page which is in the pages panel at the top.