InDesign L2 Terminology

The order in which you work in a program as you’re designing a project

• Rule

• Story

• Workflow

• Master pages

The thin colored lines on your document that do not appear on your final document, used for aligning objects on your page or showing margin lines

• Grids / Guides

• Paragraph styles

• Line break

• Borders

A clear area around your print job that shouldn't contain anything important such as text, images or logos

• Gutter

• Safety zone

• Frame

• Overflow

The inner space between the edge of your document and the content

• Workflow

• Safety zone

• Bleed

• Margins

The final size of the document after the last cut is made

• Trim Line

• Bleed line

• Frame

• Page break

Extra space on the outside of your document, different from bleed, used to show markings or notes for the printer

• Gutter

• Bleed

• Slug

• Overflow

Empty space between separate elements within your design

• Gutter

• Bleed

• Slug

• Overflow

Marks the outermost point where your product could be cut

• Master pages

• Borders

• Trim Line

• Bleed line

Used for print only, extra space in addition to your page size that’s cut off when artwork extends to the edge of the page, so you don’t have any white border

• Bleed

• Margins

• Slug

• Gutter

All framed sections must be at least ¼” from the trim line or 3/8” from the bleed line

• Flow

• Facing pages

• Borders

• Frame break