About pages and spreads

Pages and spreads

At document setup, you can create pages for your document. Pages can use a portrait or landscape orientation.

Pages can be presented individually or, by enabling the Facing pages option, arranged into spreads.

Using facing pages means you'll be working with left (verso) and right (recto) pages displayed at the same time, e.g. a gatefold center spread of a magazine.

Facing pages can be arranged vertically or horizontally.

To use spreads in your publication:

On the File menu, select Document Setup.
On the dialog that appears:
1. Select Model.
2. Check Facing pages.
3. Select OK.

To alter the orientation of pages:

When creating a document: Above the list of presets on the New Document dialog, select Portrait or Landscape. Page widths and heights of presets and the document update accordingly.
In an existing document: On the File menu, select Document Setup. On the dialog that appears, select Dimensions and then select Portrait or Landscape orientation.

To edit spread properties:

On the File menu, select Document Setup.
On the dialog that appears, specify:
- which spreads you wish to edit (Whole Document, Selected Masters, or Selected Spreads).
- the width and height of pages (in the Dimensions section) and how existing content is positioned upon resizing (in the Scaling section).
- the positions of visual guides for ensuring distance between main content and page edges (in the Margins section).

To alter the arrangement of pages in spreads:

On the File menu, select Document Setup.
On the dialog that appears:
1. Select Model.
2. Set Arrange to Horizontally or Vertically.

Pages and spreads

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