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CreAte ruler guides
In addition to the margin and bleed guides that you defined when you created the
document, you can also place ruler guides to mark whatever other positions you need Note:
to identify in your layout.
Y values define vertical
The live area is the “safe” area inside the page edge where important design (top-to-bottom)
elements should reside. Because printing and trimming are mechanical processes, position; X values define
there will always be some variation — however slight. Elements placed too close to horizontal (left-to-right)
the page edge run the risk of being accidentally trimmed off. The printer for this job position.
recommended a 1/4″ live-area margin. You defined the margins for this file to describe
the area that would typically occupy the content of a letter; in this exercise you will
create ruler guides to mark the live area.
Note:
1. With gcm-letterhead.indd open, choose View>Show Rulers if you don’t
see rulers at the top and left edges of the document window. If you drag a guide
outside of the page
edge, the guide will
Rulers show the extend across the entire
document dimensions pasteboard. You can also
using the default unit press Command/Control
of measurement.
while dragging a guide
onto the page to extend
the guide the entire
2. Zoom in to 100% so you can clearly see the top of the page. width of the pasteboard.

3. Click the horizontal page ruler (at the top of the document window) and
drag down until the cursor feedback indicates that the guide is positioned at
Y: 0.25 in. With the cursor inside the page area, release the mouse button. Note:
As you drag, cursor feedback shows the current position of the guide you are placing; If the Control panel
this makes it very easy to precisely position guides. is not visible, you can
show it by choosing
The Control panel, ruler, and cursor
feedback all show the location of the guide. Window>Control.

Note:

You can click the
intersection of the rulers
and drag to reposition
4. Click the horizontal page ruler again and drag a guide to Y: 10.75 in. the zero point away from
the top-left corner of the
page. If you do reposition
the zero point, you can
double-click the ruler
intersection to reset the
original zero point.

30 Project 1: Letterhead Design