This article explains how to customize elements in an Adobe InDesign CC document by changing their color and size. Such elements include the pasteboard, background color, bleed and slug guides, margins, and rulers.

If you've ever worked with a word processing program, you're familiar with the document page. Desktop publishing programs differ from word processing programs in that they also have a clipboard. The clipboard is the area around the page where you can place objects that you might need while designing, but that won't print.

To change the size of the pasteboard, choose Edit > Preferences > Guides & Pasteboard in Windows or InDesign > Preferences > Guides & Pasteboard in macOS. Under Pasteboard Options, enter new values for Horizontal Margins and Vertical Margins to specify how far the pasteboard extends from the page or spread.

To change the color of the clipboard in Preview mode, select Preview Background and choose a color.