Q. In the context of a word document, the term gutter stands for:
Answer: The space left on one side for stitching and binding
Notes: The gutter margin is a typographical term used to designate an additional margin added to a page layout to compensate for the part of the paper made unusable by the binding process. In a facing pages layout (Word refers to this type of layout as “mirror margins”), the gutter margin is on the very inside of both pages.