Choose object text frame options.
Adjusting gutter in text columns indesign.
If the gutter is too wide change the value in the gutter text field to a lower number.
Then drag the column guides where you want them.
Choose layout margins and columns.
You may also resize your column width using the table panel which can be accessed via the window menu located in the control panel.
Select the primary frames and edit the number of columns to match the page grid via the control panel buttons.
Enter the value for your desired column width.
Specify the number of columns the width of each column and the spacing between each column gutter for the text frame.
Use margins and column guides to position content.
Unlock the column guides by choosing view grids guides lock column guides.
Then select the text frames and lock them command l ctrl l.
Enter values for top bottom left and right margins as well as the number of columns and the gutter the space between columns.
Then choose layout margins and columns and in the dialog box set the number of columns and gutter that you want.
Resize your table s columns to accommodate your text.
Check fixed column width to keep the width of the columns the same even if the text frame is resized.
Using the selection tool select a frame or using the type tool click inside the text frame or select text.
The gutter value controls the amount of space between columns.
The button you are asking about is specifically used to change the columns and gutter on the primary frames and not on the page.
This brief video provides an overview of how to change the width of the margins and gutters in an existing indesign document.
Open the pages panel window pages and select the thumbnails for the pages you wish to change.
Some people use gutter to describe the space between 2 columns other use it to describe the space between two pages.
Select the column s you want to resize and select table cell options rows and columns.
You don t have to be a math wiz here if the number of columns the width and the gutter you specify won t fit in the text frame indesign will automatically adjust the text frame.
If you don t have a text frame selected it won t be visible.
Change the value in the gutter text field.
