Imposition problem 1

[EdFredenburgh]

I'm doing an A4 36pp magazine; the printer wants it imposed 2-up – ie p36+p1, p2+p35, p34+p3 etc. Separate PDF for each of these spreads. If I do it in InDesign before making PDFs I'll lose auto page numbering. If I make separate PDFs for each spread they presumably won't be butted up to each other, especially if I have to reverse half of the spreads so the pages are in the correct imposition order.
InBooklet doesn't seem able to do this. Do I have to buy an imposition app (mostly PC-only and I'm working on a Mac), or is there a simple method?

 

[jmgalvin]

With Inbooklet, choose the option to "create new documant". That will give you a new indd doc - imposed. The new doc will show 18 spreads.

Save that and go pdf export on the file menu. In the pdf export window, under General - Range, choose 1-1 and make the pdf. That will give the first 2 page spread - Page 1 & 36. On the next pdf export, choose Range 3-3. That will give you page 2 & 37. Repeat as necessary,

If you have ACrobat Pro, you can make one pdf of the new imposed indd doc and then use the Pages menu/Extract to make the separate pdfs of each spread.





Using OSX 10.3.9 & 10.4.11 on a G4, G5 & Intel Macbook

 

[EdFredenburgh]

Thanks a lot for this. And so prompt too!