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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-714aa"><h4 class="topictitle4">Change document setup</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-7148a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Change page margin and column settings</h4>
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</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><p>After you create a document, you may change your mind about
how you want it set up. For example, you may want single pages instead
of facing pages, or you may want to change the page size or margin
settings. </p>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-714aa" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-714aa"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Change document setup</h3><div><p>Changing
options in the Document Setup dialog box affects every page in the document.
If you change page size or orientation after objects have been added to
pages, you can use the Layout Adjustment feature to minimize the
amount of time needed for arranging existing objects.</p>
<ol><li><p>Choose File&#160;&gt; Document Setup.</p>
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<li><p>Specify the document options, and then click&#160;OK.
(See <a href="WS431DDEA7-5428-4a22-A036-B0984DDEEC64a.html">New Document options</a>.)</p>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-7148a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-7148a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Change page margin and column settings</h3><div><p>You can change
column and margin settings for pages and spreads. When you change
the column and margin settings on a master page, you change the setting
for all pages to which the master is applied. Changing the columns
and margins of regular pages affects only those pages selected in
the Pages panel. </p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>The Margins And Columns dialog box doesn’t alter columns inside
text frames. Text frame columns exist only within individual text
frames, not on the page itself. You can set up columns within individual
text frames by using the Text Frame Options dialog box. Text frame
columns can also be affected by the Layout Adjustment feature. </div>
<ol><li><p>Do one of the following:</p>
<ul><li><p>To change margin
and column settings for one spread or page, go to the spread you
want to change, or select one spread or page in the Pages panel.</p>
</li>
<li><p>To change margin and column settings for multiple pages,
select those pages in the Pages panel, or select a master that controls
the pages you want to change.</p>
</li>
</ul>
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<li><p>Choose Layout&#160;&gt; Margins And Columns, specify
the following options, and then click&#160;OK.</p>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">Margins</dt>
<dd>Type values
to specify the distance between margin guides and each edge of the
page. If Facing Pages is selected in the New Document or&#160;Document
Setup dialog box, the Left and Right margin option names change
to Inside and Outside, so that you can specify additional inside
margin space to accommodate binding.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Columns</dt>
<dd>Select Horizontal
or Vertical to specify the column direction. This also sets the
writing direction of the document baseline grid.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-7147a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-7147a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Create unequal column widths</h3><div><p>When you have more than one column
on a page, the column guides in the middle appear in pairs. When
you drag one column guide, the pair moves. The space between the
column guides is the gutter value you specified; the pair moves
together to maintain that value. </p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>You cannot create unequal column widths for columns in a text
frame. Instead, created threaded, side-by-side text frames with
different column widths.</div>
<ol><li><p>Go to the master or spread you want to change.</p>
</li>
<li><p>If column guides are locked, choose View&#160;&gt; Grids
&amp; Guides&#160;&gt; Lock Column Guides to deselect it.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Using the Selection tool&#160;<img src="images/P_Select_Lg_N.png" />, drag
a column guide. You can’t drag it past an adjacent column guide
or beyond the edge of the page.</p>
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<div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="ty_02" src="images/ty_02.png" /><div class="figdesc">Dragging a column guide to create unequal column widths</div><br /></div><div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />To create columns with unequal gutters, create
evenly spaced ruler guides and then drag individual guides to the
desired location. (See <a href="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-7131a.html">Create ruler guides</a>.)</div></div></div>

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