Change page margins and columns settings
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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 of layers affects only the current layer.
Do one of the following:
Change margin and column settings for a spread or page on a master
1.Open the master of the spread or page you want to change.
2.On the Layout menu, point to Masters, click Setup, and then change what you want.
When removing horizontal margins (setting them to 0) 1.To get new page width, subtract horizontal margins from the existing page width, e.g. newPW = PW - LM - RM 2.Enter 0 as left and right margin. 3.Enter the newPW as the new page width. When removing vertical margins (setting them to 0) 1.To get new page height, subtract vertical margins from the existing page height, e.g. newPH = PH - TM - BM 2.Enter 0 as top and bottom margin. 3.Enter the newPH as the page height. When editing horizontal margins (changing the original value) 1.To get new temporary page width, subtract horizontal margins from the existing page width, e.g. newPW = PW - LM - RM and then enter the result as the new page width. 2.Enter new values for left and right margins. 3.To get new final page width, add horizontal margins to the page width, e.g. newPW = newPW + LM + RM and then enter the result as the final page width. When editing vertical margins (changing the original value) 1.To get new temporary page height, subtract vertical margins from the existing page height, e.g. newPH = PH - TM - BM and then enter the result as the new page height. 2.Enter new values for left and right margins. 3.To get new final page height, add vertical margins to the existing page height, e.g. newPH = newPH + TM + BM and then enter the result as the new page height. |
To change margin and column settings for a spread or page on a layer
1.Open the spread or page you want to change.
2.On the Layout menu, click Set Column Guides, and then change what you want.
Notes
•When you change page margins, the page columns are not recalculated automatically. Before changing page margins, look at Page margins calculation above.
•When changing the columns on a master page, you can also specify the number of columns, while you have to calculate and enter the appropriate column width when setting the columns on a layer.
•You cannot change margin and column settings for multiple masters at once.
•If you set different column grid on a layer and on its associated master, both grid will be visible at once. It is not possible to suppress the master grid.