Inside gutter margins outside margins no bleed outside margins with bleed 24 to 150 pages.
Createspace gutter margins.
The interior doesn t have sufficient outside margins for printing which could result in content being trimmed when printed for example pdf page s.
Createspace uses the term gutter but in indesign this is the inside margin.
Inside gutter margins outside margins no bleed outside margins with bleed 24 to 150 pages.
If you go to the margins tab of the page setup dialog and select bookfold or mirror margins from the multiple pages drop down and then try increasing the gutter and then the inside margin you will see what affect each one has.
You can typically select mirror margins in the multiple pages area and then set your preferred size for the gutter margins.
0 625 15 9 mm at least 0 25 6 4 mm at least 0 375 9 4 mm 501 to 700 pages.
The gutter margins need to be sufficient so that the spine or the readers eyes are not strained while reading.
In the pages area set it to mirror margins.
The gutter margins are the area in the spine binding region of your open book.
The outside top and bottom margin requirements are 0 25.
0 625 in 15 9 mm at least 0 25 in 6 4 mm at least 0 375 in 9 6 mm 501 to 700 pages.
0 375 in 9 6 mm at least 0 25 in 6 4 mm at least 0 375 in 9 6 mm 151 to 300 pages.
However traditionally gutter spines have also been the smallest of the margins since the recto and verso pages laid together each with a large gutter spine will create an unpleasingly blank look to the center of the book.
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And make sure these settings apply to whole document at the bottom by selecting that in the dropdown.
0 5 in 12 7 mm at least 0 25 in 6 4 mm at least 0 375 in 9 6 mm 301 to 500 pages.
Admitedly you could leave the gutter set at 0 and increase the inside margin to achieve the same thing.
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0 375 9 6 mm at least 0 25 6 4 mm at least 0 375 9 4 mm 151 to 300 pages.
These should mirror each other having the same distance on both sides.
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Then set the gutter as 0 13.
The inside margins and gutter margins are the same thing.
Set the margins as 0 76 on the top bottom and inside and 0 5 on the outside.
0 5 12 7 mm at least 0 25 6 4 mm at least 0 375 9 4 mm 301 to 500 pages.
