Setting document margins

Every document has margins (blank space between the document's content and the edges of the paper). These margins are indicated onscreen by light gray lines called page guides.

Note: In presentation documents, slide dimensions are always 640 x 480 pixels.

To set the margins for a document:
1 Choose Document from the Format menu.
2 Type widths for each margin you want to change.
Note: Your selected printer determines the minimum margins.
Tip: To make both inside margins and both outside margins the same, select Mirror Facing Pages. When you select this option, Left becomes Inside and Right becomes Outside.

To show or hide the margins and page guides in a document:
1 Choose Page View from the Window menu (if it's not already checked).
Word-processing and presentation documents always display in Page View.
2 Choose Document from the Format menu.
3 Select or deselect "Show margins" and "Show page guides."

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