If your looking to change dpi in Illus.
Try raising your attributes to higher resoluton, the default is 800 dpi, also recomend doing the same under Doucment Set up - - go to printing and export - -change your output resultion. If your using Illus. 10 you can only change it in printing and...
I would never tell any of my clients that they shouldn't put anything close to the edge. I think most designers can handle creating a document 25.4375 x 8.5 and placing guides where each panel size ends and they can design their work around these guides.
If you do it your way with a width of...
I don't know what your file looks like, but I sometimes creating clipping paths around my shapes in Pshop and import them into Illustrator to create a vector are file.
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Are you planning on using the Word file for printing? If so yoy might be better off creating your file in another application if you have them. Word documents do not rip correctly - - RGB coverting to CMYK. ALot of colors rip as very dull and what you think is blacl type will rip as a four...
I work in desktop for a printing company files saved as .psd with transparency on cause problems on most rips. Call your printing company to see how there rips handle files that use transparancy. It might eliminate a big problem on that rush job.
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IF you have fonts loaded - - you may want to change your type to outlines. Or you can try and find a PC font that looks similiar to your mac fonts.
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You need either Quark Passport or whoever sent you those files needs to resave them not as Passport files. When they do a Save As they will have an option to save the Quark files not a Quark Passport file.
We use to have Quark Pass port - - got rid of it because of the problems you are having...
I am using Quark from a couples of days I'm a little confused with some things.
1.Wich format should the pictures have(JPEG,TIFF) and wich resolution for professional printing?
Tiff,EPS, DCS
2.Pictures in RGB or CMYK?
If you could explain me in details from the start till the end the...
I disagree with creating a width of 25.5, you have to consider that one of your panels must be shorter for proper folding. Your width should be at least 25.4375
your panels size should be for the outside of your trifold
8.4375 + 8.5 + 8.5 - - - Pages 5-6-1
Inside panels the oposite 8.5 + 8.5...
Create a clipping path in Photoshop - -save as an .eps files
Do not use Item clipping or non white areas in Quark. This wll give your print vendor headaches.'
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