Create unequal column widths – Adobe InDesign CS4 User Manual
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USING INDESIGN CS4
Layout
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 “
123.) Text frame columns can also be
affected by the Layout Adjustment feature.
1 Do one of the following:
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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.
Columns
Specify the number of columns.
Create unequal column widths
When you have more than one column on a page, the column guides in the middle appear in pairs. When you drag
one column guide, the pair moves. The space between the column guides is the gutter value you specified; the pair
moves together to maintain that value.
Note: You cannot create unequal column widths for columns in a text frame. Instead, created threaded, side-by-side text
frames with different column widths.
1 Go to the master or spread you want to change.
2 If column guides are locked, choose View
> Grids & Guides
> Lock Column Guides to deselect it.
3 Using the Selection tool
, drag a column guide. You can’t drag it past an adjacent column guide or beyond the
edge of the page.
Dragging a column guide to create unequal column widths
To create columns with unequal gutters, create evenly spaced ruler guides and then drag individual guides to the
desired location. (See “
Updated 18 June 2009