In InDesign the slug can also be handy when you need to archive a document. When you use the 'Package' command, this gathers any linked files and fonts used on your page, but it will ignore any linked files from the pasteboard. If you need to include these, an easy way is to add slug to your document and then place any additional links you want to include in the package so that they overlap with the slug area. InDesign will then include these files with the other packaged assets since the slug is, technically, part of the page.
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In InDesign the slug can also be handy when you need to archive a document. When you use the 'Package' command, this gathers any linked files and fonts used on your page, but it will ignore any linked files from the pasteboard. If you need to include these, an easy way is to add slug to your document and then place any additional links you want to include in the package so that they overlap with the slug area. InDesign will then include these files with the other packaged assets since the slug is, technically, part of the page.
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Best video on slugs, thank you
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Thanks! I can't believe I am just now learning about this. Wow.
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Great, descriptive video. Thank you
So the bleed is how much extra your content extends beyond the cut line, and the slug is the name for what's left over after the cut.