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19. Click the arrow button to the left of the Bleed and Slug heading.

20. Make sure the chain icon to the right of the Bleed fi elds is
active (unbroken links), then change the fi rst Bleed fi eld
to 0.125 (the decimal equivalent of 1/8). Press Tab to
apply the new Bleed value to all four sides.
Bleed is the amount an object needs to extend past the edge of The four Bleed
the artboard or page to meet the mechanical requirements of fields are linked.
commercial printing.
Changing one value
Th e letterhead for this project will be printed commercially; the changes all four fields.
printer said the design can safely bleed on all four sides, and its
equipment requires a 1/8″ bleed allowance.

21. Make sure all four Slug fi elds are set to 0 .
A slug is an area outside the bleed, where designers typically add job information
that will not appear in the fi nal printed piece. Th e slug area can be used for fi le/plate
information, special registration marks, color bars, and/or other elements that need to
be printed on the press sheet but do not appear within the job area.

22. Check the Preview box at the bottom of the New Document dialog box.
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 fi le.

The name you When the Preview option is checked, the
defined appears in new document appears behind the dialog
the document tab. box to show the results of your choices.

28 Project 1: Letterhead Design