Use the Snap to Grid command from the View menu to align your report fields to the nearest grid location when placed in the report layout.
To align your fields to the grid, perform one of the following actions
Select the Snap to Grid command from the View menu
Press Ctrl+S
The report field boundaries are then automatically aligned with the nearest grid lines. For details about displaying the grid, see "Show/Hide Grid Command", earlier in this section. You can change the format of the grid from the default value by modifying your user preferences. For details, see "Setting User Preferences" under "Using Administrative Functions", earlier in this chapter.
When you select the Snap to Grid command, guidelines also snap to the grid. For details about guidelines, see "Using Guidelines", earlier in this chapter.