Try changing the page orientation (landscape to portrait, or vice versa) in File > Document Setup.

If there are no objects way out there, you can try to reduce the pasteboard size in one of a couple of ways. If you don’t, then move to the next spread and try again. If you see an object selected way out there, then delete it or move it.

Fit the pasteboard in the doc window, then press Command-A/Ctrl-A. Often this is because there is an object hiding way out there somewhere (I don’t know how the object got out there… something went terribly wrong somewhere). Note that for many people, the issue is how to make the pasteboard size smaller, not larger! For example, every now and again, I still hear about people who get really huge pasteboard sizes. There’s a more elegant, way, but it requires buying a plug-in: The Page Control plug-in from lets you adjust the pasteboard size to whatever you want.

Now you can delete those dummy objects and the larger pasteboard will remain.

When you click OK, you’ll notice that the pasteboard width stays expanded.

Now change Document Setup back to the original page width.Place an object on the far left and far right of the pasteboard (using that shortcut we learned above helps!).Change the document width to be larger (like twice as big).Just change the Minimum Vertical Offset.īut that’s not what you want you want to expand the width. Is there a way to adjust the size of the pasteboard (horizontally)?īefore I answer that, I have to throw out one keyboard shortcut tip: Did you know that Command-Option-Shift-0 (zero) or Ctrl-Alt-Shift-0 fits the entire pasteboard in the document window? Isn’t that cool? Okay, now that I’ve gotten that off my chest, let’s tackle the problem.įirst of all, you know you can change the height of the pasteboard (in case that little tiny amount above and below the page isn’t enough) in the Guides & Pasteboard pane of the Preferences dialog box.

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