Indesign uses the first definition in margins and columns so i m going to guess that is what your question is about.
Indesign viewing gutter lines.
Choose layout margins and columns.
Ruler guides are different from grids in that they can be positioned freely on a page or on a pasteboard.
Make the margins twice as thick as the gutter place a ruler guide in between.
Use margins and column guides to position content.
Open the pages panel window pages and select the thumbnails for the pages you wish to change.
Page guides which appear only on the page on which you create them or spread guides which span all pages and the pasteboard of a multiple page spread you can drag any ruler guide to the pasteboard.
Hi there i m trying to layout an illustrated children s book by importing 8x10 image bleed and layering text on top.
Here is an example on an a5.
If you accepted the defaults for page orientation and size margins columns and gutters when you created your indesign creative suite 5 document and then find that you need to change them you are not alone.
Some people use gutter to describe the space between 2 columns other use it to describe the space between two pages.
Fortunately indesign cs5 makes these changes easy.
Enter values for top bottom left and right margins as well as the number of columns and the gutter the space between columns.
Create a spot rgb swatch to denote fold lines in the slug.
You can create two kinds of ruler guides.
Assuming i guessed correctly are you trying to define the gutter widthor gutter position.