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For most designers, the first task in any job is to establish a trim size and set up grid
or column guides to establish consistent rules for the placement of elements on their
pages. You can specify a page size, or trim size, at any dimensions you want.
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Choose the Page Setup command from
the File menu. The Page Setup dialog box appears with US Letter size (8.5 inches by 11
inches) and upright orientation selected. The width and depth of the page are displayed in
inches in the dialog box. A number of other standard page sizes are presented as options
for your convenience. But for this brochure, the trim size is 6 inches by 9 inches. The
width of the page is already selected in the Width box, so you can simply type a new
number to replace it.
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Type 6. 6 replaces 8.5 in the
Width box, and the Custom option is automatically selected. When you're working in dialog
boxes that include places for you to type information, you can quickly select the contents
of each text box, in order, by pressing the Tab key.
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Press the Tab key to select the
contents of the Depth box and type 9. 9 replaces 11 in the Depth box.
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Click OK to confirm the page size
you specified. The dialog box disappears, and the page outline and crop marks in the
document window change to reflect the new 6-inch by 9-inch trim size.
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