Making graph paper, like in high school

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John T

I am in the process of getting a new residence, and I want to "put my new
furniture in the places it will fit best" before I get there. (virtually)

To do that, I want to create a document with 1/2 inch squares, (or so) and
be able to move the furniture to new locations in the room using the grids,
and the sized copies of the sofa, entertainment center, speakers, etc. on
different places to show wife what looks best where.

That will make a difficult task easier come moving day.

Any guru out there who can help?
 
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James Silverton

Hello, John!
You wrote on Mon, 2 Oct 2006 12:02:01 -0700:

JT> To do that, I want to create a document with 1/2 inch
JT> squares, (or so) and be able to move the furniture to new
JT> locations in the room using the grids, and the sized copies
JT> of the sofa, entertainment center, speakers, etc. on
JT> different places to show wife what looks best where.

JT> That will make a difficult task easier come moving day.

You might want to use Google. There are free programs; try

print graph paper

as search terms


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not
 
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James Silverton

Hello, James!
You wrote to John T on Mon, 2 Oct 2006 15:47:22 -0400:

JT>> To do that, I want to create a document with 1/2 inch
JT>> squares, (or so) and be able to move the furniture to new
JT>> locations in the room using the grids, and the sized
JT>> copies of the sofa, entertainment center, speakers, etc.
JT>> on different places to show wife what looks best where.

JT>> That will make a difficult task easier come moving day.

JS> You might want to use Google. There are free programs; try

JS> print graph paper

JS> as search terms

Another possibility is Excel. You can adjust the row and column
sizes to get near enough and Print gridlines is an option in
Print. You might be able to do it with a Word table but it would
be tedious, IMHO.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not
 
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Echo S

I'd do it in PowerPoint. In 2002 and 2003, you can specify the grid setting,
so you could easily have a 1/2" square grid to go by. (Draw|Grid and Guides
for the grid settings.)
 
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JoAnn Paules [MVP]

Not that I would but it could also be done in Visio. (I'm a former drafter
so doing drafting work with a non-drafting program really makes me cringe.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




Echo S said:
I'd do it in PowerPoint. In 2002 and 2003, you can specify the grid
setting, so you could easily have a 1/2" square grid to go by. (Draw|Grid
and Guides for the grid settings.)

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Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

Another possibility is Excel. You can adjust the row and column sizes to
get near enough and Print gridlines is an option in Print. You might be
able to do it with a Word table but it would be tedious, IMHO.
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