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Override or restore default trapping settings

Microsoft Publisher traps TrueType fonts on all Microsoft Windows platforms. Publisher traps PostScript Type I fonts only if you’re running Windows NT or Windows 2000 and have Adobe Type Manager (ATM) installed. To see trapping details for characters with different colors or multiple text formats, you must select each individual character.

Also, Publisher does not trap text formatted with outline, underline, shadow, engrave, or emboss effects.

Publisher only creates traps when you print separations. To print separations, you must set up the publication for process- or spot-color printing (Tools menu, Commercial Printing Tools, Color Printing).

Override default trapping settings for selected objects or text

1. Select the objects or text with the trapping you want to override.

   If you choose multiple objects or text characters, the Setting box displays the trapping settings common to all selected objects.

2. On the Tools menu, point to Commercial Printing Tools, point to Trapping, and then click Per Object Trapping.
3. In the row that describes the objects you want to trap, click the arrow in the Setting box, and then click the trap for which you want to override the default setting.

   If the trapping settings are unavailable, it means you cannot specify settings because the selected objects or text have conflicting trapping relationships.

4. If you chose Custom in step 3, choose the placement and type the width you want in the appropriate boxes.

   The settings you apply for an object or text apply to all colors the object or text overlaps.

5. Click Close.

Restore default trapping settings for selected objects or text

1. Select the objects or text with the trapping you want to restore to the default settings.
2. On the Tools menu, point to Commercial Printing Tools, point to Trapping, and then click Per Object Trapping.
3. For each trapping setting you want to restore, click the arrow in the Setting box, and then click Default.
4. Click Close.

Override default trapping settings for an entire publication

1. On the Tools menu, point to Commercial Printing Tools, point to Trapping, and then click Preferences.
2. Select the Automatic trapping check box to add a check mark, and then enter the changes you want.

   The changes you make affect the entire publication.

3. Click OK.

Restore default trapping settings for an entire publication

1. On the Tools menu, point to Commercial Printing Tools, point to Trapping, and then click Preferences.
2. Select the Automatic trapping check box, and then click Reset All.
3. Click OK.

   Publisher restores automatic trapping default settings and removes all individual object trapping settings.

Override trapping width defaults for an entire publication

1. On the Tools menu, point to Commercial Printing Tools, point to Trapping, and then click Preferences.
2. Select the Automatic trapping check box.
3. Under Trapping settings, enter a value in the Width box.
4. In the Indeterminate box, enter the width you want.

   Publisher uses the indeterminate trap width when one of the colors being trapped is a gradient, pattern, or imported graphic.

5. Click OK.