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11. At the bottom of the dialog box, check the Preview option.
When this option is active, you can see the result of your choices (behind the dialog
box) before you click OK to create the new file.

When Preview is checked,
a new document behind
the dialog box shows the
results of your choices.

The page edge is
marked by a black line.

The area around the page,
called the pasteboard,
matches the interface
theme color by default.

12. If the chain icon between the Margin fields shows two connected links, click
the icon to break the link between the fields.
When the chain icon is active (connected links or highlighted dark gray), all four margin
fields will be the same; changing one field changes all margin values to the same value.
For this project, you need to define different values for the top and bottom than for the
left and right, so you need to unlink (unconstrain) the fields if they are currently linked.

13. Highlight the first Margins field (Top) and type 1.25”.
Even though the default measurement is picas, you can type values in any unit as long
as you type the appropriate unit along with the value; InDesign makes the necessary
conversion for you, so the values will still be displayed in the default units.

Enter values in any If this icon shows broken
measurement unit. links, changing one margin
does not affect the others.
Note:
If you enter a value in a unit other than the default, you have to include the alternate
unit. This technique works in dialog boxes and panels — anywhere that you can enter a When you work with
measurement. non-facing pages, the
Inside and Outside
margin fields change
to Left and Right
respectively. Technically,
non-facing pages do not
have an inside (spine
edge) or outside (face or
trim edge), so there are
only left and right sides.

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