Reply To: Dealing with Asymmetrical Margins In Facing Pages

Hey David,

Thanks for the response, I was afraid that was going to be the case. =) First, thanks for letting me know about the script, that will be very useful either in this or in future projects! Second, I managed to find a workaround (however clunky it may be)…

For easy math, let’s assume the following:
• The final page width is 8.5″
• The margin design on the outer edge is 1″
• The margin near the spine is 0.5″

Now we can follow these steps:
1.) Go to “Document Setup” and set the page width to (final page width – margin design width) or, in this case, (8.5″ – 1″) – This will bump the margin design off of the page and onto the pasteboard

2.) Go back to “Document Setup” and add the inside margin to the page width (7.5″ + 0.5″) – Now we have equal margins on the inside and the outside of the document

3.) Add and/or delete pages as needed

4.) Go to “Document Setup” and restore the document to the final page width (8.5″)

5.) Move the margin designs back onto the page on the master pages.

I realize that this seems rather convoluted but it does work! And, as many are known to say in our industry, If it works, it works!

Here is a screenshot of the proof of concept file that I cooked this method up with:

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