Indesign uses the first definition in margins and columns so i m going to guess that is what your question is about.
Page gutter indesign.
To set or change the number of columns in an individual text frame and establish the gutter spacing between these columns open the object menu and choose text frame options.
A gutter is the section of the page that leads into the binding of perfect bound books and hard cover books.
I have my indesign document set up with 125 bleeds and facing pages because the footer and page numbers are different left to right.
Choose layout margins and columns.
Adobe indesign s text frames can flow text from one column to another within a multi column frame.
Use margins and column guides to position content.
If you accepted the defaults for page orientation and size margins columns and gutters when you created your indesign creative suite 5 document and then find that you need to change them you are not alone.
When you work in adobe indesign you can use the gutters to control the layout of your page and create a more consistent and visually pleasing design.
Fortunately indesign cs5 makes these changes easy.
Some people use gutter to describe the space between 2 columns other use it to describe the space between two pages.
Enter values for top bottom left and right margins as well as the number of columns and the gutter the space between columns.
The gutters in a page layout separate elements from one another.
However i need the image on the right to bleed 125 in the middle of the facing pages but not show up on the left page.
Page orientation and size when you create a new document you can.
Without enough space between text columns or content elements will run together and become difficult to see or read.
These two products have binding types that are clamped and held together with glue.
Assuming i guessed correctly are you trying to define the gutter width or gutter position.