When you
are placing or arranging objects in a view, you can use the alignment
grid for more precise positioning. When the grid is turned on, objects
appear to "snap to" the dotted lines of the grid as if magnetized.
You can turn this "snap to grid" feature on and off, and change
the size of the grid cells.
In addition to defining a grid size, and whether
to show, or snap to the grid, or Snap to Center, a guidelines margin
can be defined around the perimeter of the view, such that objects
can not be moved outside the guidelines margin.
Figure 1. Grid Settings Dialog Box