How to Use WPS Grid and Guides on Windows

Use WPS Grid and Guides with 5 how-to topics, all available without membership; choose a topic from the How-to Index and follow the steps to complete the task.

How-to Index

How-to Guide

1. Show or hide gridlines

Feature entry: View → Gridlines

1. Open the presentation you want to edit.
2. Click the View tab at the top.
3. Find the Gridlines checkbox.
4. Select it to show gridlines, or clear it to hide gridlines.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: Regular grid aids appear or disappear in the slide editing area.
• Next action available: You can continue inserting, moving, or aligning objects.

Tips While Using

• Gridlines are editing aids and do not appear during slide show playback.

2. Show or hide guides

Feature entry: View → Guides

1. Open the presentation and go to the editing canvas.
2. Click the View tab at the top.
3. Find the Guides checkbox.
4. Select it to show guides, or clear it to hide guides.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: Horizontal and vertical guides appear or disappear on the slide.
• Next action available: You can place text boxes, images, or shapes around the guides.

Tips While Using

• Guides are useful for center alignment, margins, and local layout control.

3. Adjust Grid and Guides settings

Feature entry: View → Grid and Guides

1. Click the View tab.
2. Click Grid and Guides.
3. In the dialog box, adjust the options you need:
   1. Snap objects to grid.
   2. Spacing.
   3. Display grid on screen.
   4. Display drawing guides on screen.
   5. Display smart guides when shapes are aligned.
   6. Objects move with guides.
4. Click OK to save the settings.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The dialog box closes and the selected display or alignment settings take effect.
• Next action available: You can drag objects and observe the updated alignment behavior.

Tips While Using

• After you change spacing, the grid density changes as well, which can help with either coarse or fine layout work.

4. Add guides from the right-click menu

Feature entry: Right-click a blank area on the slide → Grid and Guides

1. Right-click a blank area of the slide.
2. Find the Grid and Guides entry or its expanded menu.
3. Select Add Vertical Guide or Add Horizontal Guide as needed.
4. Turn guide, smart guide, or gridline display options on or off if needed.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: A new guide appears in the selected direction, or the related display state changes.
• Next action available: You can drag the new guide for positioning.

Tips While Using

• This shortcut is useful when you want to add guides quickly without switching back to the top ribbon.

5. Drag guides to a new position

Feature entry: Show guides first, then drag directly

1. Make sure guides are already visible on the slide.
2. Move the pointer onto a guide.
3. When the pointer changes to a draggable state, hold the guide and drag it.
4. Release the mouse when the guide reaches the position you want.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The guide moves to a new position.
• Next action available: You can continue arranging objects around the updated guide position.

Tips While Using

• It is helpful to define the main content area first and then use guides for local fine-tuning.