Our printing and binding process requires minimum margin settings of .7 inch top and bottom and 3/4 inch left and right. Set your document size to the book size you plan on printing, then include a top and bottom margin of .7 inch with headers and footers at .5 inch. Your side margins will be .75 inch. There can be absolutely no printing outside these margin settings.
Feel free to adjust your margins to present your work however you wish, as long as you adhere to these minimum requirements. For example, 1-inch margins all around are perfectly fine, but left or right margins of 1/8 inch or top or bottom margins of 1/4 inch would not work. Certain designs can have smaller margins.
For your convenience, we have provided the following Microsoft Word (version 97 or later) and InDesign templates, which are set to our minimum margin requirements. Document pages should be set to single-page format, not "spreads." They are provided as samples only. It is not required that you use any of these templates. The fonts used in the samples are for illustrative purposes only. Feel free to use any fonts or design characteristics you wish in your document, when designing your book.
To download any of the templates, click on the file name. If you have Microsoft Word loaded on your system, the template will open a document within the Microsoft Word plug-in in your browser. You can then save it on your local hard drive. You can also right click on the appropriate template and click "save target as" to save the template to your hard drive.
Note, the first page of your manuscript will be the first right hand page in your book.
Templates are only available for simple 5.5x8.5 and 8.5x11 plastic wire custom printed school planners, handbooks, handouts etc. For more complex optios and custom book design visit InstantPublisher.com
Book Margin in Inches |
Book Size in Inches |
Paper Size in Inches |
Top |
Bottom |
Left |
Right |
Header |
Footer |
5.5 x 8.5 |
5.5 x 8.5 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.75 |
0.75 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
8.5 x 11 |
8.5 x 11 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.75 |
0.75 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
 Templates for Microsoft Word |
File Name |
Description |
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Template for 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 inch document |
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Template for 8-1/2 x 11 inch document |
Templates for InDesign