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Grid and lined templates and overlays

Drawboard Support Team
  • Updated

Grids or lines can be added to a new document, a new page or added as an overlay to existing documents. 

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What is the difference between templates and overlays?

If you create a blank document with a grid or lined template, it will form part of the document and cannot be removed.  When you add lines with an overlay they are not added to the document (for example if you print the document there will be no lines).

Overlay options include:

  • Notebook paper
  • Gregg Ruled Paper
  • Pitman Ruled Paper
  • Graph paper 1/8"
  • Graph paper 1/4"
  • Graph paper 1/2"
  • Graph paper 1 cm
  • Engineering Grid
  • Isometric Grid 1/2"
  • Isometric Grid 1 cm

Template options include:

Note-taking paper

  • Notebook paper
  • Gregg Ruled Paper
  • Pitman Ruled Paper
  • Cornell Note paper

Grids and Graphs

  • Graph paper 1mm
  • Graph paper 1/8"
  • Graph paper 1/4"
  • Graph paper 1/2"
  • Graph paper 1 cm
  • Engineering Grid
  • Dotted paper 1cm
  • Dotted paper 5mm
  • Isometric Grid 1/2"
  • Isometric Grid 1 cm
  • Isometric Dotted 2cm
  • Hexagonal Grid 1"
  • Hexagonal Grid 1/2"
  • Hexagonal Grid 1/4"
  • Hexagonal Grid 1/8"

Music 

  • Double Stave sheet
  • 6 Line Tab sheet (guitar tab)
  • Blank Stave Sheet

Custom templates

With Custom Templates you can create new documents or designs with your own customized page backgrounds. Your templates library is the perfect place to keep forms, digital planners or invoices for quick retrieval. Available on the Windows, iOS and macOS apps.

How to create a new PDF with a grid or line template

From the dashboard:

  1. Tap the green plus (+) icon to open a new document 
  2. Select Notebook Paper or Other templates to select from the full range of templates
  3. Select a page template
  4. Click Create document and all the pages of that document will have the template applied

How to insert/add a page with a grid or line template 

On the windows app

  1. Open your document in Document Builder
  2. Select Insert page
  3. Tap Templates/Notebook Paper to open the full range of templates
  4. Select your template
  5. Tap Add pages

How to add a grid or line template as an overlay

On the Windows and web app

  1. Navigate to the bottom right corner of the canvas
  2. Click the arrow next to the zoom controls
  3. Click the Overlay icon
  4. Select the overlay you would like to add

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Note: overlays do not save the PDF and only there as a guide.

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