User Manual

Setting Description

[Size] Select a predefined trim box size from the drop-down list. The width and

length of the selected trim box size is shown.

Set the page orientation for the trim box with the [Portrait] and [Landscape]

buttons.

You can also define a [Custom] trim box size yourself. Alternatively you can

drag the trim box to the desired size in the preview.

[Position] The application uses the trim box to position a page on a sheet.

• [Center page]

Centre the trim box with respect to the page contents.

• [Page shift]

Shift the trim box over the page contents. Alternatively you can drag the

trim box in the preview.

Unique settings for the [Bleed box]

The bleed box may contain a bleed area in addition to the page content. Usually, the bleed area is

3 to 5 mm larger than the trim box.

Setting Description

[Size] You can change the size of the bleed box with respect to the trim box. En-

large the bleed box to create a bleed area.

Enable option [On all trim box edges] to create an equal distance for all

edges of the [Bleed box] with respect to the [Trim box].

Disable this option to define custom distances per edge of the [Bleed box]

with respect to the [Trim box].

[Bleed content] • [No bleed area]

Leave the bleed area empty.

• [Enlarge page content]

The page content is enlarged to create the content for the bleed area. The

defined bleed size is used to determine the scale factor to scale the page

content.

• [Fill with color]

Fill the bleed area with a color.

• [Color palette...]

Add colors to the color palette

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• [Color picker...]

You can pick the color of text and of graphical objects. The [Color

space] of the selected object is used. The color picker cannot retrieve

the exact colors of an unsupported [Color space].

Unique settings for the [Crop box]

The crop box may contain print marks, trim marks, color strips, etc in addition to the bleed area

and the page content. The print marks, etc are taken from the original PDF page.

Settings for the PDF boxes

Chapter 4 - The [Pages] workspace

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