Margins

Page margins are set up with each new document at document setup, and can then be edited at a later point via Document Setup. Margins can also be inherited from any assigned master page, replacing the page's current margin settings.

When determining the size of your page margin, it is important to consider how text-intensive the design will be, as well as the page layout and orientation. For printing purposes, you may for example consider allotting additional space to the inside margins of facing pages so text does not disappear in the page gutter.

Design elements positioned outside the margins may not be printed.

Margin positions can be defined manually or by using the settings of an installed printer. They are non-printing and non-exporting.

To create a new document with margins:

From the Home screen, tap New.
On the dialog, select a preset according to the type of deliverable.
From the Margins and Bleed tab, enable Margins.
Do one of the following:
- For single pages (Facing pages disabled in General section): Set the Left, Right, Top and Bottom margins.
- For two-page spreads (Facing pages enabled in General section): Set the Inner, Outer, Top and Bottom margins.

To change all pages, master page(s) or selected spread margins:

From the Pages panel, tap More.
Tap a respective Set Properties of: tab.
(Optional) For multiple pages, tap page thumbnails to include/exclude in the margin adjustment.
Change margin values in the Margins section.

For selected spreads, you can override the master page margins by disabling Use master's margin values .

To hide/show margins:

On the Toggle Preview Mode menu (to the right of the Preview button), select Margins. The document will show margins in blue.

To change the margin colour:

On the Toggle Preview Mode menu (to the right of the Preview button).
Select Guides Settings.
In the Margins section, tap on the Colour swatch to set the new colour.

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