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Outer margin
This lets you set the width of the pasteboard around the page or spread.
Bleed
To produce format filling print results printing shops use a larger format paper and
crop it to the target format after it has been printed. Due to mechanical tolerances
inaccuracies can happen while this process. For this reason, printing shops
recommend including an additional "safe area" around the actual print motif. This is
often referred to as the "bleed". This ensures that no important content is cropped
and that no white borders appear on the edges if the motif background is not white or
a background pattern is used.
Without this "bleed" area a mechanical error during cropping can lead to white
borders or image elements that are too close to the edge may be cut.
The bleed area is set in the Page area of the Page Options (on page 353) and in the
program it is displayed as a red rectangle around the page. Normally this bleed area is
1-3mm wide. When a PDF is exported for the print shop the final page size of the PDF
will appear based on the page size settings plus the bleed area beyond the actual
page. For example, an A4 page (29.7 x 21cm) with a 2mm bleed area will result in a
format of 30.1 x 21.4cm.
The exact value depends on the print shop and can most often be found on a
corresponding information page on the print shop's website. Some online print shops
also request a file format that already contains the bleed area. Here is an example: For
a flyer in A6 format (14.8 x 10.5cm) the shop may request a file format of 15 x 10.7cm.
This corresponds to a value of 1mm for the bleed area beyond the actual page.
Make sure that the rectangle that contains the background pattern or color extends
beyond the page borders at least to the end of the bleed area. It is also important to