Page Properties Dialog

The Page Properties button lets you set properties for the active page in the layout. You can set properties such as the size, margins, page name, page type, background, and bleeds.

Following are the primary tasks that you can perform in the Page Properties dialog.

  • Background You can add background settings to a page in a layout. This includes the ability to specify a color, an image, and a repeating pattern for the background image. Your settings will extend to your page margins. If you want the settings to extend to the edges of the page, you can set your page margins to 0. See Specifying Page Background Settings.
  • Page Types For each page in a layout that you create, you can assign a type to determine how that page behaves in the output. For example, if you want odd pages in the output to always display particular header content or look a certain way, you can create a page with the Right page type. See Specifying Page Types.
  • Empty Pages When creating print-based output, there may be times when you want a page in the document to purposely be left blank (or mostly blank). Flare lets you use three kinds of empty page types in a page layout. If you add one of these empty page types in a page layout, empty pages can automatically be injected into the output when necessary, based on the page types in your layout.
  • Bleed Size The bleed is the area beyond the edge of the page where printing occurs. Professional printers use the bleed to prevent a final trimmed document from having unprinted areas along the edge of the document. See Specifying the Page Bleed Size.
  • Margins You can set the margins for a page, which determines the amount of space to the left, right, top, or bottom of the body content. See Specifying Page Margins.
  • Page Names You can provide a name for each page that you create in a layout. This is an optional task, but might help you internally distinguish one page from another in a layout. See Specifying Page Names.
  • Size and Orientation You can select a pre-set size for a page or create a custom size. You can also determine the orientation (portrait or landscape). See Specifying Page Size and Orientation.