When you move or edit images and boxes in iWork, 'snap to grid' function can be very helpful – objects quickly jump to align themselves with the layout grid or with other objects.
In a design where there are numerous objects it can be maddening. Objects align with the layout grid and with other objects.
To disable this function, press Command after starting to move objects or dragg their handles. Remember, after, not before, otherwise a different function – rotating – activates.
Apple doesn't actually use the term 'snap to grid'. Instead, we have Alignment Guides in iWork.
If your design requires moving and editing numerous objects, disable Alignment Guides. Under Application menu (Keynote/Pages/Numbers) open Preferences>General and uncheck the boxes 'Show guides...' under Alignment Guides. The menu says 'Show' but in fact means activate or disable the snap to grid function.
I am so grateful for this article, I had been looking around for ages for a solution to this rather basic function. I had just been in the preferences and dismissed it as it did not have the 'snap to grid' label. Oh well we live and learn, thanks again for taking the time to publish this article.
ReplyDeleteyou're welcome! It took me some time to figure that out.
ReplyDeleteI thank you also! These little tiny things would be so nice if they had the solutions in their Help. Would it hurt so much to have "snap to grid" in there, then refer us to Alignment Guides?
ReplyDeleteYou really saved me hours of searching, then giving up, and accepting less than perfect. Thanks again so much for posting this.
yeah, it could be really annoying! I'm glad you found it useful.
DeleteThis is so helpful. This still works in Pages 6 for Mac OS 10.12 Sierra.
ReplyDeleteThank God for this post.
ReplyDeleteI’m shocked that it’s been 10 years since you wrote this in 2012, and Apple has yet to address this! It just goes to show that while Apples' hardware may be AMAZING, their software and apps have become relegated to the category of 'rapidly approaching extinction,' just because there are so many small annoyances like this!
ReplyDeleteI guess with Android being Apple's only competition, and with how chaotic and confusing that platform can be to former Apple users, the end result is that there's a huge lack of competition to Apple's mobile hardware in the USA.
That certainly explains in part how Apple's kept their current domination in most of the markets they operate in.