Basic question about printing spreads 1

[fivedollarbill]

Hi,

I'm sure that this question is quite basic, but I'm new to Adobe InDesign and I haven't been able to find an answer on the internet or in the help files.

I've created a newsletter as a single document. Page 1 is a A4 cover, pages 2-3,4-5,6-7 are A3 spreads and page 8 is the A4 back page. When I print this, I'll be printing it onto two sheets of A3 paper that I'll then fold and staple together. This means that on one side of one piece of A3 I would want pages 1 and 8 with 2 and 7 on the other side, and on the second piece of A3 I would want 3 and 6 on one side and 4 and 5 on the other (like a newspaper, in other words). How can I get InDesign to output the pages (to a printer or in PDF form) in this order? I don't want to have to rearrange the actual pages in the document, obviously.

Thanks in advance!

 

[jmgalvin]

If you're using CS2 look on the file menu for Inbooklet. Thaet will impose teh thing for printing. If it's not there, go to help and search for "impose" Search this forum for "impose" for more info.

Using OSX 10.3.9 on a G4

 

[Eggles]

If you're back on V2, then there is a script at the Adobe Studio Exchange you can download for free and it does a good job of 2-up impositions.

But for just 8 pages, you can do it manually if you have set it up as 8 x A4 pages.

Use a dummy to mock up an 8 page imposition, and you will find that (1) odd numbers are on the right, and (2) page numbers of facing pages should add up to X+1, where X is the number of pages (in your case, 8). So page 1 goes on the right of page 8, page 7 goes on the right of page 2, 3 on the right of 6 and 5 on the right of 4. You would print pages 1 and 8 on the flip side of pages 2 and 7, and pages 3 and 6 on the flip side of pages 4 and 5. (I'm doing this in my head, so hope I have got this right!!).

 

[signal49]

Ooo Eggles, I never noticed the X+1! What a great trick!