Setting up our book

Step 1
Open InDesign and you will be presented with an
introduction screen. It is here where we will start
to create the new document. But before we
create a new document we need to make sure
that units used for measuring are set up correctly.
InDesign >Edit> Preferences > Units &
increments. Under Ruler Units change the
horizontal and vertical values to mm.

Step 2

The origin of the ruler can be set to spread, page or spine. The spine preset is useful when you are using
facing pages and of course have a spine. The ruler will start its zero point from the spine and work to the
edge of the document.

Step 3

Ok, back to the introduction screen. On the right

hand side select create new document.

Another floating screen will appear.

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Page Size: A4
Facing Pages:

Step 4
Within the page size division you have a drop down menu with a
selection of popular presets that are used worldwide. We will

select the A4 preset. You can also define the orientation to portrait or landscape.

Step 5
When entering the values make sure that the link symbol at the centre of
the margins column is not ticked. When ticked it will make all the margin
settings the same.
The breakdown is as follows:

Top 17.5mm
Bottom 20mm
Inside 12.5mm
Outside 15mm

Step 6
Gutter: 7.5mm.

Step 7
We will set our bleed at 3 mm.

Again the bleed option has a link feature which in this case is best ticked to make the bleed settings the
same.