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10. Choose the Portrait Orientation option.
Portrait documents are higher than they are wide; landscape documents are wider
than they are high. If you click the orientation option that is not currently selected, the
Width and Height values are automatically reversed.
Portrait Landscape
Width and Height
are automatically
defined by the Page
Size menu selection.

11. If the chain icon between the Margin fields shows two connected links, click
the icon to break the link between the fields.
Note:
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 When you work with
value. For this project, you need to define different values for the top and bottom than non-facing pages, the
for the left and right, so you need to unlink (unconstrain) the margin fields if they are Inside and Outside
currently linked. margin fields change
to Left and Right
12. Highlight the first Margins field (Top) and type 1.25”. respectively. Technically,
Even though the default measurement is picas, you can type values in any unit as long non-facing pages do not
as you type the appropriate unit along with the value; InDesign makes the necessary have an inside (spine
conversion for you so the values will still be displayed in the default units. edge) or outside (face or
trim edge), so there are
only left and right sides.

You can type values in any When this icon shows broken Note:
unit as long as you type the links, you can change one margin
correct unit with the value. without affecting the others. If you enter a value in
a unit other than the
13. Press Tab to move to the Bottom field. default, you have to
include the alternate
unit. This technique
works in dialog boxes
and panels — anywhere
When you move to the next field, that you can enter a
InDesign converts the Top value to the
default unit of measurement (picas). measurement.

14. Change the Bottom field to 2”, then press Tab two times. Note:

The first time you press Tab from the Bottom field highlights the chain icon. You have You can tab through the
to press Tab a second time to highlight the Left field.
fields of most dialog boxes
and panels in InDesign.
15. Change the Left field to 1”, then press Tab.
Press Shift-Tab to move
16. Change the Right field to 1”. the highlight to the
previous field in the tab
order.

17. Click the More Options button to show the Bleed and Slug fields.
If this button reads “Fewer Options”, the Bleed and Slug fields are already showing.

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