Setting up the page boxes


  1. Select Prepress Layout.

    Using this option, you can define all page boxes. When selecting Screen Viewing Layout you have a limited set of options to define the media box, crop box and art box.

  2. Define the trim box
    • Use Snap to detected trim marks to detect trim marks and use these to define the trim box. By clicking the Edit button, you can define the color (100% in CMYK, Registration color, a specific color) of the trim marks.

    • Use Same as existing trim box to keep the trim box from the original PDF document

    • Set the Trim box size to a predefined paper size, or select Custom to define the width and height.

  3. Define the bleed box
    • Set the bleed box to Absent to have no bleed box defined. Otherwise, set it to Present

    • Use Snap to detected bleed marks to detect bleed marks and use these to define the bleed box. By clicking the Edit button, you can define the color (100% in CMYK, Registration color, a specific color) of the bleed marks.

    • Define the margin to be used based on the trim box, either using a left, right, top and bottom margin, or the same distance on all sides, using the Margin to Trim buttons

    • When using a left, right top and bottom margin, you can use Mirror for even pages to swap the left and right margin on even pages.

  4. Define the media box
    • Define the margin to be used based on the trim box, either a left, right, top and bottom, or the same distance on all sides, using the Margin to Trim buttons

    • When using a left, right top and bottom margin, you can use Mirror for even pages to swap the left and right margin on even pages.

  5. Define the crop box and art box
    • Absent: no crop box / art box

    • Same as trim box

    • Same as media box

    • Snap to visible (only for art box): sets the art box to the bounding box of the page content that lies within the crop box, or if there is no crop box, within the media box