Creating a standard four-page 8.5 x 11 document is the easiest if
your printer can handle it. If you save as PDF, Acrobat has booklet
printing options that will handle the layout.
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Nancy Allison ma...@verizon.net wrote:
I need to create a template for a four-page
When you say printer do you mean a print shop or a fancy
large-format laser printer?
In either case, you should be able to create the four-page 8.5x11 PDF
and use that to print two-up double-sided on 11x17, but if you're
talking about a shop, call them to make sure.
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 11:56
You have answered your own question--see below:
I neglected to add that we will distribute this document in two ways:
1. Physically along with the hardware product
2. In PDF form from the web site
The (2) means you should build it as Letter and have the printer impose
it into a 2-Up,
Hi Nancy,
First thing, I would mock-up a dummy of the front and back layout of the
piece. Determine things like margins, color,/bleeds, crop/trim, paper
stock, tumble, etc.
After that, call the printer. Talk specs with them and find out what they
need to print. Do they prefer a PDF and how do they
I did something similar with a combination of FM and Adobe Acrobat 8. I
don't have the current version of Acrobat, so I'm not sure if the
settings are the same, but it will give you an idea.
In FM, create your content on 8.5 x 11 pages. The pagination will look linear.
Create a PDF of the FM
Nancy, the answer depends on whether you're printing this.
If you're having it printed professionally, most printers have
imposition tools and would prefer that you leave the imposition to them
(so give them four separate pages and tell them you want page 4 facing
page 1 on the outside and
If it's just one page folded, imposition is not an issue. We've always
done this by designing two 11 x17 pages, never had any problem with
printing. And setting it up as 4 separate pages is a PITA when trying to
see what the outside spread (front and back covers) will look like.
Our
Thanks to everyone who has responded.
I neglected to add that we will distribute this document in two ways:
1. Physically along with the hardware product
2. In PDF form from the web site
This means that, however we set up the document we physically print, we also
have to have a printable
Your printer should be able to impose the same PDF you're going to
distribute on the web.
Where I work, we usually can't use the same document for print and web
because we try to keep web filesize manageable (and we try to keep print
quality high). If you have no photos in your document, this
