Thanks for your answer. So do I need to have a bleed on the top and bottom margins in the Master Pages or will Quark *see* that, too? Thanks again- I've learned so much on this list! Margaret >1. I have always used Quark in 2 page spreads. If you have material that >crosses the gutter, Quark will automatically use material from the other >page for bleed when doing negtitives. The only place this might not apply >is on the first and last page of a file, which are normally a single page. >There you may have to manually adjust the bleed objects from the master >page. > >If you are suppose to be doing "Just" a spread, The standard cheat has >always been to insert a blank page as page 1 and then work on page 2 and 3, >or place 2 pages together on the right hand side of the page layout window >and forget the master pages altogether. Alternately design two single >master pages with bleeds and apply each to a seperate pages, but I don't >know how the bleeds will behave over esch other. > >2. Sounds like your Copy of Quark got confused in RAM or your file got >corrupted. If it worked after you restarted Quark, that is the answer. > >Britt > >_______________________________________ >Britt Griswold/MAP Project >RS Information Systems >NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center >Code 685 Bldg. 21 Rm G63 >Greenbelt, MD 20771 >(301) 286-3381 >(301) 286-1617 FAX >[log in to unmask] > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com