Setting up Your Document > Working with pages

 

Working with pages

You can set page options—including page size, page orientation, and bleed value—using the Document inspector. When adding pages, you can set these options using the Add Pages dialog box, accessed from the inspector.

To set page options:

1

Display the Document inspector (see Using the Document inspector).

2

Choose a page size from the Page Size pop-up menu.

3

Click one of the page orientation buttons to the right of the Page Size pop-up menu to select a page orientation: portrait (tall) or landscape (wide).

4

Enter a desired bleed value in the Bleed text box. The paper dimensions must be larger than the page size you specify. To set the dimensions, choose File > Print. For more information on bleeds, see Setting PostScript prepress options.

5

Click a page magnification button to enlarge or reduce the size of the page thumbnails.

When magnification is set to the middle or highest levels, all of the pages in the document may not be visible in the Document inspector's pasteboard window.

6

Select a value from the Printer Resolution pop-up menu. For more information on printer resolution, see Printing overview.

7

To move pages on the pasteboard, do one of the following:

Drag a thumbnail to a new location in the Document inspector preview window.

To scroll the pasteboard view, click the Hand tool and drag the pasteboard.

To add pages to a document:

1

In the Document inspector, do one of the following:

Click the triangle in the upper right corner of the panel to display the Options pop-up menu, and choose Add Pages.

Select the Page tool in the Tools panel, and Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Macintosh) the page.

2

Set options in the Add Pages dialog box.

3

Click OK.