{"id":1332,"date":"2026-08-22T19:56:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T19:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/?post_type=knowledgebase&#038;p=1332"},"modified":"2026-08-22T20:17:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T20:17:59","slug":"page-margins","status":"publish","type":"knowledgebase","link":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/db\/layout-tools\/page-margins\/","title":{"rendered":"Page Margins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\">\n<h2 class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #007670;\">Page Margins<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1343\" src=\"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PageMargins.webp\" alt=\"Page Margins\" width=\"101\" height=\"107\" srcset=\"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PageMargins.webp 914w, http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PageMargins-284x300.webp 284w, http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PageMargins-768x810.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 101px) 100vw, 101px\" \/><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"western\">The <strong>Margins<\/strong> button in the <strong>Page Design<\/strong> ribbon controls the safe-zone guides on the canvas. Five presets are instantly available, each represented by a small dynamic page icon that visually previews the margin layout before you click.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #007670;\">Margin Presets<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1337\" src=\"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MarginPresets.webp\" alt=\"Margin Presets\" width=\"140\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MarginPresets.webp 312w, http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MarginPresets-203x300.webp 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Normal &#8211;<\/strong> 0.5\u201d on all sides.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Narrow &#8211;<\/strong> 0.25\u201d on all sides.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Moderate &#8211;<\/strong> 1\u201d top and bottom, 0.75\u201d left and right.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Wide &#8211;<\/strong> 1\u201d on all sides.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Zero &#8211;<\/strong> 0\u201d (borderless, full-bleed printing).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #007670;\">Custom Margins<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1340\" src=\"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CustomMargins.webp\" alt=\"Custom Margins\" width=\"266\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CustomMargins.webp 732w, http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CustomMargins-300x192.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\">For precise control, click <strong>Custom Margins\u2026<\/strong> to open a configuration modal where you can set independent top, bottom, left, and right margin values in pixels. Your custom margins are saved to the document and persist when the file is reopened.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #007670;\">How Margins Appear<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\">Margins appear as dotted blue snapping guides on the canvas, giving you a clear visual safe zone while you design. They are automatically excluded from exported images and PDFs &#8211; they never appear in your final output.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1335 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot_2026-08-22_205150.png_202608222055.jpeg\" alt=\"How Margins Appear\" width=\"1287\" height=\"816\" srcset=\"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot_2026-08-22_205150.png_202608222055.jpeg 1287w, http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot_2026-08-22_205150.png_202608222055-300x190.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot_2026-08-22_205150.png_202608222055-1024x649.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot_2026-08-22_205150.png_202608222055-768x487.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1287px) 100vw, 1287px\" \/><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Page Margins The Margins button in the Page Design ribbon controls the safe-zone guides on the canvas. Five presets are instantly available, each represented by a small dynamic page icon that visually previews the margin layout before you click. Margin Presets Normal &#8211; 0.5\u201d on all sides. Narrow &#8211; 0.25\u201d on all sides. Moderate &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","knowledgebase_cat":[20],"class_list":["post-1332","knowledgebase","type-knowledgebase","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","knowledgebase_cat-layout-tools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/1332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledgebase"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1332"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/1332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1347,"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/1332\/revisions\/1347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"knowledgebase_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase_cat?post=1332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}