Above is what FreeHand's grid looks like. While this works fine for lining up objects, it's not what some people would want to use to illustrate something like lined Graph paper.

Follow the steps below to create a line grid with Blends

1) The first step is to draw a constrained horizontal line to be about the width of your Grid. Do this by holding the Shift key while drawing.

Next Clone the line and drag it down to about the height of the grid that you want.

2) Select both lines and Blend them together. You can then adjust the spacing of the lines by changing the number of Steps in the Object Inspector palette.

3) Next, Clone this blend and in the Transform palette, Rotate this clone 90°.

There, you've created a simple line grid. If you want to try something a bit more dynamic, check out the next technique.

1) First draw a constrained square of any size by holding the Shift key.

Then Ungroup it so the points are editable.

2) Select the points shown above and Split them.

3) This separates the square into two parts. Select one of the halves and Copy to the clipboard.

Note: It's not necessary to move the pieces apart.

4) Next draw a shape that you want to apply this grid to. For fun, I chose a circle. Use a square without any stroke if you just want to see a regular line grid without any boundaries.

5) In the Fill Inspector, choose the Tile fill option. Then hit the Paste in button and you should see your shape instantly fill with a line grid.

The great thing about this method, is you can really customize the look of the Grid. This includes the Angle, and Scale of the Tile fill.

If you want to adjust the thickness of the stroke in the line grid, you'll have to go back to Step 3 and change this before you copy to the clipboard.

You can set the Stroke of the shape to None if you prefer, and notice above that the Tile fill is transparent.