Challenges with Adobe Forms and VC Layout

I'm having two small problems that are driving me nuts.

In the Visual Composer layout view, all of the UI elements are snapping to an invisible grid and making it very hard to create a "pretty" UI. I can't establish the vertical spacing that I want to have between my input fields, and I can't change the width of the input box. Suggestions?

In NWDS, I can't figure out how to invoke the Adobe Interactive Forms editor. I have Adobe Professional and Livecycle Designer installed. I can create Interactive Forms outside of NWDS, but I'd really like for the editor to show up inside NWDS.