Difficulty with Tabbed Layout and Grid overlay

I am using a tabbed layout in MUSE and cant find a grid layout to appear so that each tab remains in order with the previous tab when selected.
WhenI select the grid ovelay all I get is a pink overcoating that doesnt have any functionality as far as I can tell.
I want each tab to have its contents in the same place exactly as the previous tab. Different images...same place.

Hi Jon,
I approximated what you want quite easily using the steps below:
Open a New word processor document.
Go File > Page Setup and click one of the Landscape orientation (my Page Setup dialogue shows 2, yours may show only one). Click OK
Go Format > Document... and set the margins to 0.5, 0.5, 0.25, 0.25. Click OK.
In the Ruler, Click the multiple columns side of the Columns button once to make 2 columns.
Press enter (the enter key on the number pad, or in the bottom row of an iBook, PowerBook or MacBook keyboard) to insert a column break and move the insertion point to the right hand column.
Press and hold the Option key and click and hold on the left border of the Right column. drag the column boundary to the 5.75 inch mark on the Ruler. When you release the mouse button, the left margin marker will move to the position of the left edge of the column so you can check it and adjust as necessary.
Click in the left column, and repeat the process, placing the right margin of this column at the 5.25 inch mark.
One caveat: If your printer is like mine (an Epson inkjet), the printer itself will have a minimum bottom margin greater than 1/4 inch (mine is 0.53"). This applies to the physical 'bottom' of the page in Portrait orientation, and has to do with the printer's ability to print to the edge of the page at that point.
And one Note: once you have the columns set up, you might want to save your document (empty, or including material common to each edition) as a Template.
Regards,
Barry

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