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Last updated 11/30/2015
Create unequal column widths
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.
Note: You cannot create unequal column widths for columns in a text frame. Instead, created threaded, side-by-side text
frames with different column widths.
1 Go to the master or spread you want to change.
2 If column guides are locked, choose View > Grids & Guides > Lock Column Guides to deselect it.
3 Using the Selection tool , drag a column guide. You can’t drag it past an adjacent column guide or beyond the edge
of the page.
To create columns with unequal gutters, create evenly spaced ruler guides and then drag individual guides to the desired
location. (See Create ruler guides .)
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Ruler guides
Footnotes
Create footnotes
A footnote consists of two linked parts: the footnote reference number that appears in text, and the footnote text that
appears at the bottom of the column. You can create footnotes or import them from Word or RTF documents.
Footnotes are automatically numbered as they are added to a document. Numbering restarts in each story. You can
control the numbering style, appearance, and layout of footnotes. You cannot add footnotes to tables or to footnote text.
The width of the footnote text is based on the width of the column containing the footnote reference marker.
You cannot create endnotes in InDesign. Endnotes in converted Microsoft Word documents are formatted as text, not
footnotes. For a workaround for creating endnotes, see the
Endnotes in InDesign article by Bob Bringhurst.
Follow these steps to create footnotes:
1 Place the insertion point where you want the footnote reference number to appear.
2 Choose Type > Insert Footnote.
3 Type the footnote text.