Create gaps for rectangle frames

[lancen64685283]

How do you create the gaps within the rectangle frame tool? I drag out and hit the up/right arrows to create the grid but there are no gutters/gaps.

I am having a heck of a time googling it. Nothing comes up. 

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Willi Adelberger · Accepted solution]

The gap is the Same as the gap between columns for the Settings of that page. You can change ist with arrows+alt/option and/or cmd/ctrl key and/or shift. 

[lancen64685283]

Thank you very much! That worked!!

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

Despite Willi's answer, I am completely unclear on what you mean and what you're trying to achieve. Could you explain in a little more detail?

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[lancen64685283]

Using the rectaangle tool, I click and drag to create the frame. While holding the mouse down, I use the up and right arrows to divide the frame into several frames. Like a grid. The works fine except I could not find how to get gutters/gaps in between them. Now I know that the gutters/gaps are set within that pages margins options. 

 

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

Okay, now I see. I almost never have a 0 gutter set, so I've never seen the behavior you were asking about. 🙂

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[Eric Dumas]

here is what I do:

• while drawing a frame
• keep mouse button pressed
• press arrow up/down to create more or less rows of frames
• press arrow left/right to create more/less columns of frames
• press Ctrl+Arrow up/down to increase/decrease the heigth of the horizontal gap between frames
• press Ctrl+arrow left/right to increase/decrease the width of the vertical gap between frames
• then let the mouse buttin go

or

• Create the first frame (keep it selected) and Edit>Step and Repeat

If they are already created, teh advanced options in the Align panel allow you to set a measurement of the gap between the shapes