Here is the procedure: prepare what you are going to print in multiples of four, eight, sixteens,etc. even when your documents don't have the exact number of pages, that is, if you have a document with, say, six or seven pages, prepare it as if it had eight, leaving the rest of the pages in blank.
In the cases where the document has eight pages , which requires that you print four on each piece of paper ( two on each side) your numbering should be 8-1 on one side and 7-2 on the other side, the second piece of paper should be numbered thus: 6-3 on one side and 4-5 on the other side (left to right on both cases, I clarify this because I don't know if you are from oriental procedence where reading as well as counting is done from right to left) .
If you are going to print direct from Finale all you have to do is instruct the program to print according to the instructions given above. I take it you already know how to do this.
Now, if you are going to print your booklets from a PDF that's a different story because you need, number one the professional version of acrobat and number two an imposition program which is what is going to "instruct" Acrobat and the printer on how to distribute the pages according to the needed layout.
You can visit Planet PDF where you'll find different imposition programs to suit your needs.
Should this explanation be insufficient or not clear enough I will be glad to extend myself in the subject.
In the meantime I remain yours, truly.
GR
Andrew Stiller wrote:
I have FinMac 2K4, and I'm working w. a composer who uses FinMac 2K5. We had arranged that he would make pdf files of his scores, which I can read and print w. Acrobat Reader 6.0.1, but now we have hit a snag.
To make a choral octavo, my usual practice is to assign the Finale page size to 7" x 8.5", then print 2-up as a staple-bound booklet on folded legal paper.
The options for 2-up printing and for booklet printing (the page-range box) are in the Finale popup menu in the Print dialog, so I cannot execute them in Reader. There must be a way for the composer to embed these instructions in his pdf files, but neither of us has any idea how. I think he has the full Acrobat program, but I don't know what version. I have only the Reader.
Any advice?
Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music Press http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/
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