: Visible grid using Indesign CS6 I am volunteering at a non-profit, and creating a document for an upcoming event. One of the pages will resemble a 'blueprint' like theme that contains instructions

@Turnbaugh909

I'd use Adobe Illustrator to create the grid and place it into InDesign as an image.

In Illustrator....


Draw a rectangle larger than the InDesign page.
Fill it with blue.
Choose Edit > Copy
Choose Edit > Paste in Front
Choose Object > Path > Split Into Grid and add rows and columns to make the grid.

Adjust stroke colors and remove fills.

Save
Then go to InDesign and File > Place choosing the image you just created.


While you certainly can set this up in InDesign exclusively, it's just faster and easier in Illustrator. In addition, as a placed image in InDesign it's easier to edit the grid if you should need to in the future. As well as providing the flexibility to use the same .ai file in multiple InDesign files easily.

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@Lee3735518

Draw the background with the rectangle tool (M)

Draw a thin horizontal line with the rectangle tool (M). My document is 10"x10". So I did a line that was 10"W x .05"H.

Select that line with the Selection Tool (V)

Go to Edit -> Step and Repeat. I used 0.2 in vertical. Then select the amount for the count of copies to fill the rest of the document.

I then grouped all of the lines (ctrl + G), pasted them in front and rotated them.

Results

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