Comments on: Changing the Size of the Pasteboard http://indesignsecrets.com/changing-the-size-of-the-pasteboard.php InDesignSecrets Blog and Podcast Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:44:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: PP http://indesignsecrets.com/changing-the-size-of-the-pasteboard.php/comment-page-1#comment-493068 PP Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:33:46 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/changing-the-size-of-the-pasteboard.php#comment-493068 To make the pasteboard larger in InDesign CS5, go to Edit Preferences Guides & Pasteboards and choose whatever horizontal and vertical margins you need. To make the pasteboard larger in InDesign CS5, go to Edit Preferences Guides & Pasteboards and choose whatever horizontal and vertical margins you need.

]]> By: Ashlee http://indesignsecrets.com/changing-the-size-of-the-pasteboard.php/comment-page-1#comment-492690 Ashlee Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:59:39 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/changing-the-size-of-the-pasteboard.php#comment-492690 If you are having trouble shrinking the pasteboard back to normal and none of the above work - you might find that it is a stray guide hidden (or locked) somewhere, to fix: 1. Make sure you on the spread/page with the large pasteboard 2. Right click on the page ruler on the far left hand side 3. Click "Delete all guides on spread" Hope this helps If you are having trouble shrinking the pasteboard back to normal and none of the above work – you might find that it is a stray guide hidden (or locked) somewhere, to fix:
1. Make sure you on the spread/page with the large pasteboard
2. Right click on the page ruler on the far left hand side
3. Click “Delete all guides on spread”

Hope this helps

]]> By: Yovy http://indesignsecrets.com/changing-the-size-of-the-pasteboard.php/comment-page-1#comment-492160 Yovy Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:31:05 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/changing-the-size-of-the-pasteboard.php#comment-492160 Great!! After export in INX, the pasteboard finally comes back in normal size. Thanks ^^ Great!! After export in INX, the pasteboard finally comes back in normal size. Thanks ^^

]]> By: pookycabo http://indesignsecrets.com/changing-the-size-of-the-pasteboard.php/comment-page-1#comment-491892 pookycabo Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:57:31 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/changing-the-size-of-the-pasteboard.php#comment-491892 Deleting all guides returned the pasteboard to its original size! Thanks! Deleting all guides returned the pasteboard to its original size! Thanks!

]]> By: orbitrek magnetyczny http://indesignsecrets.com/changing-the-size-of-the-pasteboard.php/comment-page-1#comment-489026 orbitrek magnetyczny Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:50:47 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/changing-the-size-of-the-pasteboard.php#comment-489026 It's everything here exactly what I was looking for :) I'm so happy that I step in right here.lol It’s everything here exactly what I was looking for :) I’m so happy that I step in right here.lol

]]> By: Kevin http://indesignsecrets.com/changing-the-size-of-the-pasteboard.php/comment-page-1#comment-486855 Kevin Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:18:50 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/changing-the-size-of-the-pasteboard.php#comment-486855 What a life this blog has had 2 years old and still helping people. Thank you David, it is very handy now to be able to change the width of a pasteboard. Its excellent when trying to reproduce someone elses work and need a copy of there work sitting on the pasteboard. What a life this blog has had 2 years old and still helping people.

Thank you David, it is very handy now to be able to change the width of a pasteboard. Its excellent when trying to reproduce someone elses work and need a copy of there work sitting on the pasteboard.

]]> By: philippa http://indesignsecrets.com/changing-the-size-of-the-pasteboard.php/comment-page-1#comment-486310 philippa Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:36:13 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/changing-the-size-of-the-pasteboard.php#comment-486310 Making the viewing area LARGER, easy, just done it, click and hold on the menu stacked on the right hand side, and drag off to the right. Then the sizing square bottom right will let you expand the width of the page/pasteboard. Making the viewing area LARGER, easy, just done it, click and hold on the menu stacked on the right hand side, and drag off to the right. Then the sizing square bottom right will let you expand the width of the page/pasteboard.

]]> By: RNK11 http://indesignsecrets.com/changing-the-size-of-the-pasteboard.php/comment-page-1#comment-486025 RNK11 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:33:26 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/changing-the-size-of-the-pasteboard.php#comment-486025 Hi All, I had the same pasteboard problem in CS4 like most of you. While copy and pasting spreads for a magazine which needed to be in one document (same size), my pasteboard suddenly expanded in height. Really annoying cause I use the spacebar (hand) a lot to find my way through the pages. I tried all of the above solutions, but none worked. The only thing I could come up with was to live with it, or start over again. This sounds radical, but isn't that much of a work. I already had 60 spreads done ;-) Create a new file with all the right settings. Make sure the 'corrupted' file is still opened. Then make the windows float separately using window-arrange-float all in windows. Select all the pages/spreads in the pages-panel using shift. Drag the selected pages to the canvas of the new file. Everything will be copied, including paragraph-styles, layers, masterpages, etc. In my case; problem solved... Good luck! Hi All,

I had the same pasteboard problem in CS4 like most of you. While copy and pasting spreads for a magazine which needed to be in one document (same size), my pasteboard suddenly expanded in height. Really annoying cause I use the spacebar (hand) a lot to find my way through the pages. I tried all of the above solutions, but none worked. The only thing I could come up with was to live with it, or start over again. This sounds radical, but isn’t that much of a work. I already had 60 spreads done ;-) Create a new file with all the right settings. Make sure the ‘corrupted’ file is still opened. Then make the windows float separately using window-arrange-float all in windows. Select all the pages/spreads in the pages-panel using shift. Drag the selected pages to the canvas of the new file. Everything will be copied, including paragraph-styles, layers, masterpages, etc. In my case; problem solved…

Good luck!

]]> By: Stacey Leader http://indesignsecrets.com/changing-the-size-of-the-pasteboard.php/comment-page-1#comment-485725 Stacey Leader Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:28:46 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/changing-the-size-of-the-pasteboard.php#comment-485725 Hi! I also had a small pasteboard problem in CS4... and went through all of the tips above - none of which worked... until I realised that under View- Screen Mode - Preview was on - instead of Normal... Now my pasteboard is back to normal... Thanks for the tips though! Hi!

I also had a small pasteboard problem in CS4… and went through all of the tips above – none of which worked… until I realised that under View- Screen Mode – Preview was on – instead of Normal…

Now my pasteboard is back to normal…

Thanks for the tips though!

]]> By: Krista http://indesignsecrets.com/changing-the-size-of-the-pasteboard.php/comment-page-1#comment-484906 Krista Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:18:30 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/changing-the-size-of-the-pasteboard.php#comment-484906 Hello, I have read multiple forums on this common problem of oversized pasteboards, but none of the solutions seem to do anything except mess up my layout of objects. There are no objects or guides outside of the document itself. Tried exporting as INX and opening that up. Tried changing page orientation. Alex and Brians comments only were able to make it bigger but not smaller. I know exactly when the problem started; The pasteboard is perfectly normal sized until I start creating guides. (I am using CS3) Hello,
I have read multiple forums on this common problem of oversized pasteboards, but none of the solutions seem to do anything except mess up my layout of objects. There are no objects or guides outside of the document itself. Tried exporting as INX and opening that up. Tried changing page orientation. Alex and Brians comments only were able to make it bigger but not smaller. I know exactly when the problem started; The pasteboard is perfectly normal sized until I start creating guides. (I am using CS3)

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