Adobe InDesign CC 2015 - Manual (Page 181)

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Layout and design
Last updated 6/6/2015
Columns Sets the color of the column guides for the page.
Bleed Sets the color of the bleed area (which is set in theDocument Setup dialog box).
Slug Sets the color of the slug area (which is set in theDocument Setup dialog box).
Preview Background Sets the color of the pasteboard when in the Preview mode.
3 To set how close an object must be to snap to a guide or grid, specify a value in pixels for Snap To Zone.
4 To display guides behind objects, select Guides In Back.
5 To specify how far the pasteboard extends out from the page or spread (or the bleed or slug area, if specified), enter
values for Horizontal Margins and Vertical Margins.
6 Click OK to close the Preferences dialog box.
You can change the on-screen color of your paper. With no text or objects selected, double-click the Paper color in the
Swatches panel (choose Window > Swatches). The Paper color appears on-screen only and does not affect output; it is
intended only to simulate designing for nonwhite paper.
Change document setup, margins, and columns
After you create a document, you may change your mind about how you want it set up. For example, you may want
single pages instead of facing pages, or you may want to change the page size or margin settings.
Change document setup
Changing options in the Document Setup dialog box affects every page in the document. If you change page size or
orientation after objects have been added to pages, you can use the Layout Adjustment feature to minimize the amount
of time needed for arranging existing objects. See
About automatic layout adjustment .
1 Choose File > Document Setup.
2 Specify the document options, and then click OK. (See New Document options .)
Change page margin and column settings
You can change column and margin settings for pages and spreads. When you change the column and margin settings
on a master page, you change the setting for all pages to which the master is applied. Changing the columns and margins
of regular pages affects only those pages selected in the Pages panel.
Note: The Margins And Columns dialog box doesn’t alter columns inside text frames. Text frame columns exist only within
individual text frames, not on the page itself. You can set up columns within individual text frames by using the Text Frame
Options dialog box. (See
Add columns to a text frame .) Text frame columns can also be affected by the Layout Adjustment
feature.
1 Do one of the following:
• To change margin and column settings for one spread or page, go to the spread you want to change, or select one
spread or page in the Pages panel.
• To change margin and column settings for multiple pages, select those pages in the Pages panel, or select a master
that controls the pages you want to change.
2 Choose Layout > Margins And Columns, specify the following options, and then click OK.
Margins Type values to specify the distance between margin guides and each edge of the page. If Facing Pages is
selected in the New Document or Document Setup dialog box, the Left and Right margin option names change to
Inside and Outside, so that you can specify additional inside margin space to accommodate binding.