How to set up a Bleed and Trim area

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Hello,I'm very new to Indesign and still can't get my head around Bleed & Trim. Please advise me how to set up what i'm being asked here;how to i input that into here;Many thanks!

BobLevine · Accepted Answer

The document size is 286x210 and the bleed is 3mm on all four sides. Turn off facing pages.

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Eugene Tyson · Answer

Trim Size = width and height in the New Document dialog box.

286 x 210

The bleed is an extension of the page where anything that needs to be printed to the edge of a page needs to go into bleed area to allow safe trimming.

This is 292 x 216

292-286= 6

216-210 = 6

This is on both left and right and top and bottom - divide the results by 2

So your bleed should 3 mm on all sides.

Type area is the margins, this is where all the material that doesn't need to extend to the edge of the page needs to go. Anything outside this area may look bad when the final pages are trimmed.

Your Trim Area is 286 x 210 and the required type area is 254 x 178

That would mean you set your margins to

(286 - 254)/2 = 16 mm top and bottom

(210 - 178)/2= 16mm left and right.

But this depends on if this is a book? If it's a book it's not a good idea to have even margins - as it will look lobsided when printed and bound.

I'd talk to your printers about what Margins would be optimal for the layout - if you're not sure yourself.

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