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Setting Margins, Columns, and Guides in Adobe InDesign CS

From Elisabetta Bruno, for About.com

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Simple Margin Setup

Before setting your margins, read this article: Perfect Proportions - Using Margins in Desktop Publishing.

So how do you set up margins in InDesign? There are several ways.

The first one and the most simple one is by opening an document and then setting up the margins in the New Document window. Here it is step by step:

  1. Go to File > New > Document.

  2. There is a section called Margins. By default, margins in InDesign are all the same. But, didn't we just read that they shouldn't be that way? Exactly! You have paid attention. Aahh! These DTP software producers! Why do we have to teach them everything! You will have to enter different values. Here is a tutorial related to this: "Who's default is it? Default Settings in Desktop Publishing."
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