setting up printer spreads

[sv85]

Hello everyone,

I am creating a book around 80 pages. I havent started yet because I want to make sure I know how to do the printer spreads so that I can save myself time later. This is not going out to a printer. It will be printer on a regular laser printer. Each page is 5.5 in X 8.5, so that will be 2 pages on a 8.5 x 11 paper(very basic). I am working with Indesign CS2 and from reading some of the threads here i heard it has Inbooklet, which ive never used but I heard is helpful in setting up printer spreads. Will InBooklet help and if so how can I access it?
Also i tried a script from Adobe Studio on a test book however it moved items around on the pages.

any tips will help!!

Thank you so much

[Ekwoman]

If you're just going to do a simple saddle-stitched (or simply folded) job 2-up on 8.5 x 11 paper, then InBooklet is the way to go. Very easy to use. Start by setting up your document as single, non-facing, 5.5 x 8.5 pages...you can use facing pages and work in readers spreads if that's easier for you. I generally don't work in facing pages unless I have elements running across the pages (which I try to avoid so I don't have printing nightmares). The only other time I use facing pages is if I'm going to use some of the newer CS2 features that use "align to/away from spine" etc. If you use InBooklet, you can use the auto numbering/auto section features and have them stay intact when imposing the pages.

I will post a tutorial here from my training workbook that explains the basics of InBooklet...I can do that later tonight...so stay tuned!

Erica Gamet

[grnofslt]

The access to Inbooklet is at the bottom of the file menu. You have to have a document active for InBooklet it to be available otherwise it will be grayed out. I've never used it myself but am glad it is there. I wonder if it will be there for the next version of InDesign because Quark now owns ALAP, the makers of InBooklet.

[sv85]

Alright!

Thanks for the help guys.

Ekwoman, I will be checking later tonite for the tutorial. Thanks I really appreciate it.

[Ekwoman]

I would bet we won't see it in the next version. The day after the Quark acquisition announcement, there was no InDesign plug-in available. Whoosh...just like that. Too bad, ALAP makes some great products. I'm sure Adobe is hard at work creating their own imposition function.

I will have the tutorial posted later...just heading out the door right now :eek:

[Ekwoman]

The following is adapted from my InDesign Training Series Workbook...please do not copy, distribute, alter, yada, yada, yada. You MAY print it out for your own reference so you can actually follow along! I've never attached pics on a forum, so let's hope they don't take over the post!

InBooklet SE
The InBooklet SE plug-in used to be part of the PageMaker Plug-in Pack (and PageMaker version of InDesign) and is now built directly into the program. InBooklet automatically paginates your layout into a couple of binding configurations. Letting InBooklet paginate saves you time, and lets you use automatic page numbering within your document.

1. To bring up the InBooklet SE dialog, choose File?>?InBooklet SE.
2. In the Layout panel of the dialog, choose which pages to output, and a style of binding. The list is not huge, but adequate for many situations. To get a full range of binding styles, sheet styles, and imposition types, consider upgrading to Imposer Pro.
3. Next, choose the amount of margins around your finished sheet size to accommodate bleed, crops, page info, etc. For instance, if you’re outputting 5.5 x 8.5 spreads, saddle-stitched, with bleeds, to a PDF, you might input a .25” margin. This would make your final sheet size 9 x 12. Put margins of "0" to make it fill an 8.5 x 11 sheet.
4. Indicate a Gap amount (if the binding style allows for that), an amount of Bleed, Creep, Crossover, and Sig (signature) Size.
5. Next, select the Printing panel and choose Printer’s Marks (if any) to print and their characteristics.To use these marks, remember to indicate a margin amount (step 3).
6. Then, select the Preview panel to see how your sigs will print.
7. Finally, select Print to be taken to the InDesign Print dialog -OR- check the Create New Document box and click OK to have InBooklet create a new, untitled document with your file in printer’s spreads (actually, the document will be created to sheet size...8.5 x 11 in the sample above).
Apologies to those who work in metric...please just play along:D

PIC_1: Document in reader's spreads
PIC_2: InBooklet SE dialog - Layout panel
PIC_3: InBooklet SE dialog - Preview panel