Adobe InDesign CS4 - Manual (Page 54)

46 USING INDESIGN CS4
Layout
InDesign also lets you control how close an object needs to be to snap to a guide, whether guides should be displayed
in front of or behind objects, as well as the size of the pasteboard.
1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Guides & Pasteboard (Windows) or InDesign > Preferences > Guides & Pasteboard
(Mac OS).
2 Under Color, choose the desired colors from each of the following menus, or choose Custom to specify a custom
color using the color picker.
Margins Sets the color of the page margins.
Columns Sets the color of the column guides for the page.
Bleed Sets the color of the bleed area (which is set in the Document Setup dialog box).
Slug Sets the color of the slug area (which is set in the Document 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
a value for Minimum Vertical Offset.
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.
See also
“ Ruler guides ” on page 55
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 ” on page 83.
1 Choose File > Document Setup.
2 Specify the document options, and then click OK. (See “ New Document options ” on page 43.)
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.
Updated 18 June 2009