How to adjust Margins in InDesign Document Setup

[Henrik_Huus_Mikkelsen]

Is this a bug? Document Setup won't adjust margins. Only in the Margins and Columns box can I change the margins.

/Henrik

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[Laubender]

What happens if you press OK ?

Or if you turn off Preview and turn it on again?

Regards,
Uwe

[Henrik_Huus_Mikkelsen]

Does not help.

I just discovered that the first time I adjust margins via Document Setup in a new document it works as expected. Once I adjust the margins via Margins and Columns and THEN try it via Document Setup it does'nt respond.

So:

- New doc

- Adjust via DS works

- Adjust via M&C works

- Adjust via DS fails

Regards,,

Henrik

[Laubender]

Henrik_Huus_Mikkelsen  wrote

…
So:

- New doc

- Adjust via DS works

- Adjust via M&C works

- Adjust via DS fails

Hi Henrik,

just tested this on my Windows 10 version of InDesign CC 2019 German.

It works as expected.

What is your operating system?

Regards,
Uwe

[Henrik_Huus_Mikkelsen]

Hi Uwe,

It is MacOS Sierra 10.12.6

Regards,

Henrik

[Henrik_Huus_Mikkelsen]

Just tried on my collegues iMac with same hardware and software setup - same result. Only works the first time.

[jane-e]

Hi Uwe,

Can you show your dialog for File > Document Setup?

Here is what Help says:

Align content with guides |

[Henrik_Huus_Mikkelsen]

See screen dump in my comment above.

[Laubender]

jane-e  wrote

Hi Uwe,

Can you show your dialog for File > Document Setup?

Here is what Help says:

Align content with guides |

Of course. But I am on Windows 10. I suspect an issue with the OS X version of InDesign CC 2019.

File > Document Setup:

Regards,
Uwe

[jane-e]

Okay, I’ve got it now:

This is a new feature in 2019 that Margins and Columns are now in File > Page Setup. What I wrote before was from memory and applies to 2018 and earlier. I just found the movie in Ann-Marie’s title on lynda.com.

When you change this setting, it only changes the pages that are using that setting.

I’ve been at MAX and this was not mentioned as one of the new features in that session.

InDesign CC 2019 New Features

[Laubender]

jane-e  wrote

…When you change this setting, it only changes the pages that are using that setting.

I guess Henrik experiences the issue immediately after setting up a new document.

Regards,
Uwe

[hammer0909]

This is new in CC2019 and I'm guessing is part of the Adjust Layout feature which is why you can now adjust the margins within the Document Setup dialog box. Not sure about the inconsistencies that the OP was experiencing though.

[jane-e · Accepted solution]

Short answer: it’s not a bug; you can only change this for an existing document in Margins and Columns.

Long answer:

I am not in my office and am on my iPad, but that does not look like the dialog box you get from File > Document Setup. How did you get it? Is it the one from changing a Document Preset? When you go to File > Document Setup, Margins and Columns is not an option.

You can select Margins and Columns when you create the document in File > New. To change them, they need to be changed on each Master in Margins and Columns.

Best practice is to change them on the Master. If you have one Master, it might be Master A. They can also be changed on individual pages, but I don’t do that.

Think of what would happen if you had a document with multiple settings for Margins and Columns and destroyed them by changing a global setting.

[Rebekka26980693obc3]

Thanks, this worked!

[cinziamarotta]

Hi,

with High Sierra it doesn't work and I couldn't find a solution. You can post the issue on:

Adobe InDesign Feedback

[gerdavd]

This doesn't seem to work on Windows either. Definitely looks like a bug.

[Laubender]

Hi gerdavd,

what's your exact version of InDesign on your Windows machine?

Could you show some screenshots with the issue?

Thanks,
Uwe Laubender

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[ryanemery101]

Fixed- for me, the margins setting was set in the first master page. I could not adjust margins on the other pages unless I changed the fist mater page setting.