User guide

Working with Pages 45
You also have the option of setting up row and column
guides as an underlying layout aid. PagePlus represents rows
and columns on the page area with dashed blue guide lines.
Unlike the dashed grey frame margins and columns, row and
column guides don't control where frame text flows. Rather,
they serve as visual aids that help you match the frame
layout to the desired column layout.
Bleed area guides assist you in positioning "bleed" elements
that you want to run to the edge of a trimmed page. To allow
for inaccuracies in the trimming process in professional
printing, it's a good idea to extend these elements beyond the
"trim edge"—the dimensions defined by your Page Setup.
With bleed guid
es switched on, the page border expands by a
distance you specify, and the trim edge is shown with dashed
lines and little "scissors" symbols. Note that these guide lines
are just a visual aid; only the Bleed limit setting in the Print
dialog extends the actual output page size.
Ruler guides are free-floating lines that you set by clicking
and dragging from the rulers. They are "sticky" so that
objects can snap to them, then be moved collectively with
guide movement.
Defining layout guides
To define layout guides:
• Click on the Page context toolbar, Layout
Guides... from the File menu, or right-click on a blank part of the
page and choose Layout Guides. Then in the Layout Guides dialog,
use the Margins tab to set guide lines for page margins, rows and
columns, and bleed areas.
• In the Margin Guides section, you can set the left, right, top, and
bottom page margins individually, or click the From Printer