About Publisher defaults for trapping borders, lines, and fills

Microsoft Office Publisher 2003

  • Spreads trap a dark background object to a lighter foreground object by the default trap width. For process colors, the darkest CMYK ink values are taken from the lighter color and extended onto the background. For adjoining spot colors, Publisher spreads the foreground color at the default trap width.

  • Chokes trap a dark foreground object to a lighter background by the default trap width. For process colors, the darkest CMYK ink values are taken from the lighter color and extended onto the foreground color. For adjoining spot colors, Publisher extends the background color at the default trap width.

  • Centerlines trap objects that have similar luminance values. For process colors, the darkest CMYK ink values are taken from each object; the resulting trap color is extended in both directions from the centerline of the object by one-half the default trap width. For adjoining spot colors, Publisher extends both the foreground and background colors from the centerline of the object by one-half the default trap width.

ShowStandard internal rules for trapping borders and BorderArt

  • Borders around a frame filled with color will trap to the fill color based on Publisher's standard internal rules.

  • Borders around a frame that contains indeterminate contents (an imported object, pattern, or gradient) will spread into the contents of the frame by the indeterminate trap width.
  • BorderArt around a frame that contains indeterminate contents will not trap.