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9. Uncheck the Columns option and check the Margin option. Type 0.125 in
each of the available margin fields.

You can use the Margin fields to place guides at specific distances from each edge of the
canvas. You don’t need to type the unit of measurement because the default unit for
this file is already inches. Photoshop automatically assumes the value you type is in the
default unit of measurement.

10. Click OK to return to the document and add the required margin guides.

At this point you should have four guides – two vertical and two horizontal, each 1/83
from the file edges. These mark the trim size of your final 8.5 1 113 file.

11. Choose View>100%.

It helps to zoom in to a higher view percentage if you want to precisely place guides. To
complete the following steps accurately, we found it necessary to use at least 100% view.

12. In the top-left corner of the document window, click the zero-point
crosshairs and drag to the top-left intersection of the guides.
You can reposition the zero point to the top-left corner of the bleed allowance by
double-clicking the zero-point crosshairs.

Zero-point crosshairs
Drag to here to
change the 0/0 point This new zero point
of the rulers. will be the origin for
measurments.
13. Choose the Move tool, and then open the Info panel (Window>Info).

As we explained in the Interface chapter, the panels you see depend on what was done
the last time you (or someone else) used the Photoshop application. Because workspace
arrangement is such a personal preference, we tell you what panels you need to use, but
we don’t tell you where to put them.
For this file, the live area (the area in which important objects should be placed) should
be 0.253 inset from the trim edge. This is how we determined that number:
[Width] 8.53 – 8.03 = 0.5 ÷ 2 = 0.253
[Height] 113 – 10.53 = 0.53 ÷ 2 = 0.253

In the next few steps you will add guides that identify the live area.

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