Margins and Columns VS Document Properties...

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July 10, 2024
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I've inherited an InDesign document with Margins and Columns set up. I prefer to work with Guides set up on a series of master pages, not Margins and Coumns. So I want to 'deactivate' Margins and Columns in this document. But I can't find a way to do this. Is there a way??

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As I understand it, once Margins and Columns has been 'activated' in an InDesign doc, this overrides values for margins entered in Document Setup, Document Properties and Adjust Layout. I can still edit values for margins in all of these other places, but these changes have no effect on the document or individual pages. If Margins and Columns needs to work this way - i.e. to override all the other ways to edit margins - I think the other methods for editing margins should be 'locked' and greyed out when Margins and Columns is activated, with a message on mouse click or hover saying something like 'Margins and Columns is activated and is now the only way to edit margins in this document'.

And - if there isn't one - there should be a way to deactivate Margins and Columns.

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Correct answer Eugene Tyson

@Eugene Tyson

if you change the Layout Margins and Columns then it breaks the link to the Document Setup - so those pages are given the special Margins and Columns that you need for specific pages. Meaning the Document Setup no longer applies to those pages.

I understand the logic of parent settings being overriden by page-specific settings at various levels. But (why) is there not a way to change the margins and columns settings at Document Setup level after the document has been created?

I can work with/around these quirks. But I remain of the opinion that InDesign's UX is poor in realtion to this functionality.

Ah yes, now I see what you mean.

I hadn't noticed before - I guess I never looked for it before.

You can place feature requests here
https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests

I think it's a good idea - but maybe there's a reason

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Eugene Tyson

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Select the Parent Page and go to Layout>Margins and Columns

Change it there

If it doesn't change on all pages

Then select all the pages in the Pages panel - and apply the Parent Page

OR - if you don't want to

You can select all the pages and go to
Layout>Margins and Columns and make the change.

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