Adding a gap between spread pages

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March 12, 2019
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(InDesign 2019, Mac OS)

Here at work, we make 48-page booklets. The template we use is set up with facing pages. I was wondering if there's a way to add maybe a 1" gap between the facing pages on screen.

Someone might ask why I would want to do that. Very simply, each page is a separate advertisement, with bleed all around, and I don't want the bleed areas to overlap while viewing the document on screen.

Thanks-

Jumpenjax

Adobe Expert

I actually do the same thing. I found that when you add a bleed. And drag the window close on the

side that butts up against the other page works very well. No need for extra space.

Lee- Graphic Designer, Print Specialist, Photographer

rob day

Adobe Expert

side that butts up against the other page works very well. No need for extra space.

Hi @Jumpenjax , The original post is from 4 years ago, and either @M_G6 edited the post or none of us read it very carefully—I’m guessing it’s the latter.

@M_G6 is not creating a bound book that needs to be imposed, but individual pages for advertisments, that all need an extended bleed. A facing page document’s Inside Bleed comes from the opposite page and that’s not a problem in your example because the opposing pages have no content on the spine edge.

If the inside page edge is going to be exposed and it’s bleed needs to come from the same page, facing pages won’t work. Here the bleed for page 2 comes from page 2’s exposed bleed and not the opposite page 3:

Jumpenjax

Adobe Expert

Oops should have looked at the date. It just showed up in my feed. I do a 48 page magazine with ads every month. So it has been working very well in the manner I suggested for me. This is for saddle stitch. Thanks for letting me know, I appreciate it. 🙂

Lee- Graphic Designer, Print Specialist, Photographer

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xiam9368

New Participant

Page tool (Shift P on a Windows).
You can either move the page by selecting and dragging with a mouse or set the x and y location to set a specific distance between pages on the same spread (sort of like how you can move artboards in illustrator.)

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Laubender

Adobe Expert

Hi @xiam9368 ,

that's not possible in a facing-pages document!

With facing-pages enabled in the document setup you can only move pages of the same spread up and down using the Page tool. However with enough space on the pasteboard and if you use the Transform panel you could move a page down or up along the spine so that the two page edges will not meet.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )