combining pages

[kerrysr]

I painstakingly created a catalog using single pages as 8.5 x 11 for each page (front and back.)

Now I want to convert it to 11x17 format to save on printing. If you place two facing pages (8.5x11) together it is obviously 11x17 when combined. Then you send it to a printer and they fold the page in half and staple the pages providing a catalog with 8.5x 11 pages.

How do I convert my work to 11x17?

Thanks

 

[jimoblak]

What you are seeking is 'imposition' or 'imposing', two keywords that can be used to search these forums.

If you are having a print service provider produce this, it is irrelevant: they will have their own imposition techniques.

 

[kerrysr]

Oops! I realized you can print to a pdf in 11x17 size.

Now the question is...WHY would anyone pay 500$ to "impose" the pages when all you have to do is create an 11x17 page size in indesign and snap the 2 side by side 8.5x11 pages in the new page size?

 

[jimoblak]

Imposition software considers creep and bleeds.

If you are only working with a few pages in InDesign, you can work out creep and bleeds yourself. That $500 program comes in handy if you are printing several 24 page booklets in a day.

 

[jimoblak]

In regard to that $500 piece of software, you may not have dug deeply enough into previous posts about imposition. There are free scripts available for users of CS1 and earlier. Those with CS2 should have InBooklet in their file menu.

You can search for 'booklet' in the 'InDesign Exchange' here for free or low cost booklet imposition scripts:

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm#loc=en_us&view=sn105&viewName=Exchange Search&avm=1