Livecycle designer - snap to grid

Hi,
I need to set different distance between dots in grid in Adobe Livecycle designer, or what is the best approach to create nicely aligned forms?
Many thanks for reply
Best Regards Jiri

Hi,
thanks for your solution, but I have this problem:
I have two fields on one line (Text and Text Field - I need different background) and now I need to set height of both. If the grid dots are too distanced I have to turn off Snap to grid feature of editor and size height of field manually, but this approach is not precise.
Many thanks for solution.
Regards Jiri

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