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 quickstart material tends to be heavy on diagrams, light on text, so
we tend to use free-standing text boxes on the page. I set up one 11x17
master with guide lines indicating columns and gutters, then another for
printing that doesn't have the lines. We just have to remember to apply
the printing master before PDF-ing. If your material is mostly text, it
probably makes more sense to set up a master with 4 text flows, and you
can probably use that as-is for both layout and printing.
Tori Muir
[email protected] | 650.430.8674
www.spot-on-creative.com
On 8/6/12 10:15 AM, Kenneth C. Benson wrote:
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 page 2 facing page 3 on the inside).
Mollye's right, though, you should ask the printer first.
If you are the printer, it might be easier to design it as two 11x17
pages.
Kenneth Benson
Pegasus Type
www.pegtype.com
On 8/6/2012 11:32 AM, Nancy Allison wrote:
In 20+ years of using FrameMaker, I've never had to do this before.
I need to create a template for a four-page Quick Start Card that
will print on a piece of 11 x 17 paper that will be folded once to
produce four pages.
I don't know how this is done. Do I:
--Create four regular 8.5 x 11" pages and select print options so
pages 4 and 1 will print on one side of the 11 x 17" page, and sides
2 and 3 will print on the other side?
--Create a template with an 11 x 17" page size with the four text
flows already established? (Is it possible Adobe provides such a
template? I looked, but did not find one in the Templates folder.)
Any tips gratefully received.
--Nancy
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