Continuing with setting up application preferences, make sure there are no open documents and click Edit > Preferences > Document. This may seem a little confusing (because you clicked Edit > Preferences > Document) but remember that any preferences you setup with no open documents will become the application defaults. It's just that these preferences are accessed by these mouse clicks.

1. On the "General" tab, select points for both horizontal and vertical units of measurement. Make sure "Points/Inch" is set to 72. I prefer my guides to be "In Front" and I'll accept the remaining dialog defaults.



2. I keep the "Paragraph" tab defaults...



3. Ditto for the "Character" tab...



4. Skip the "Tool" tab for now...and accept the defaults for "Trapping".




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