Master Pages and printing InDesign 1

[memoirs]

I've just migrated from Pagemaker and having two problems.

1. Master pages.

I have a book of stories (double page spread to print back to back). Each new story starts on an odd page, so I have blank pages on some of the that some of the 'even' pages. I want these pages to be counted in the numbers, but I don't want the master page elements (including page numbers) showing. Try as I might, I seem to delete information from both pages...PM seemed much simpler here.


2. Printing

I also have a book document (four sections totalling 80 pages). When I print from within the 'book file' which is in the corrent order, to print pages it is not printing the sections in the right order. It seems to start with the second section, then the final one and stops. Again I can't work out how to tame InDesign.

Grateful for any help as I'm trying to complete an urgent job. Pagemaker has been continually crashing and I have no option but to stick with Indesign.

Kind regards

memoirs

 

[jmgalvin]

Masters: Open pages window and select all the pages you want to remove the master items from. On Mac you'd Command Click to select multiple discontiguous pages. On PC try the key next to the space bar. Then select the appropriate commad from the flyout menu on the pages pallette.

Printing: Go through all the options on the print dialogue. If there are blank pages, make sure you have the print blanks checked. You also have to check the setup of your actual printer. Click on the Printer button on the print dialogue and check that. If this a an Indesign doc you can do a check by exporting a pdf although Printing a pdf, if you have Acrobat, is a better check. If it's an actual Indesign book file, you can export to pdf from the flyout menu on the book window.


Using OSX 10.3.9 on a G4

 

[memoirs]

Hi JMGalvin

Thanks for the tips, I am a Mac user, was planning to go to InDesign when I had time to do some tutorials over Christmas, pagemaker crashing forced the change!

So far I'm missing PM, but I realise it's a matter of a learning curve.OS Tiger on G4

Thanks

Memoirs

 

[memoirs]

I have solved the master pages problem.

However, although I have the four documents in a single book, and use the print dialogue on the bottom of the book menu, it does not print the entire book, even though in the print dialogue it has 'print book'. It only printed one section.

Any further help graefully appreciated.

 

[jmgalvin]

First, If you have Acrobat, "print" a pdf of the book. If that comes out ok, It's your printer settings. Alternatively, export a pdf via the flyout menu on the book window. If that's ok, your book file is ok. If not, you have a problem with the book. You might try preflighting and/or packaging the book to make sure everything is in place - book window flyout.

If the pdf is ok you could print from that.

I don't know if you tried importing a PM book into Indesign as opposed to the original pagemaker docs. If you have a problem with the book and you have the original PM docs, try opening those in Indesign. Unlike PM, Indesign can handle a lot of stuff in one file without going haywire, partly due to its reliance on Mac rather than OSX. If you open several PM docs in Indesign, you can drag the pages from the second INDD into the first, etc via the pages menu. Just tile all docs via the Window/Arrange menu.

Using OSX 10.3.9 on a G4