Hello,
I am a technical writer/desktop publisher and an intermediate user of PM. This is my first post on this forum and I'm hoping someone can help me with a publishing firm issue.
I'm a new employee at my present job and I am making PageMaker files containing 40 to 48 pages. The publishing firm my company uses says that the pages will be be printed 4 to a page, using the front and back on 11 X 17 paper. The finished document will be "saddle stitched."
The publishing firm REPRESENTATIVE told me I have to REARRANGE the pages in my PageMaker file in order for him to print the pages correctly on the 11 x 17 pages. If I do not rearrange the pages, he will rearrange them for me at a cost of $40/hr.
I cannot put the PageMaker document in the rearranged page format that the publisher requires when I create the document because I must make a PDF for publishing on the Web. I want to avoid having 2 separete documents; this seems counter to the philosophy of "single-source documentation."
If I rearrange pages, I will not be able to use automatic numbering, and I think I can make a big mess out of my document if I'm not really careful--scary thoughts.
In the past I created a newletter for a large technical communication organization. The newsletter was 20 pages. I never had to REARRANGE pages within my PageMaker file before I submitted them for publication. The newsletter was also printed on 11 x 17 paper, with 4 pages to a sheet of paper resulting in the saddle stitch style of binding.
Since I'm not a publisher, I'm not sure what techniques are available. But it seems to me that REARRANGING pages is a very cumbersome way to produce saddle stitch documents. Is this really necessary? Is there a better way to create saddle stitch documents?
Any help will be appreciated--even if it's to tell me the name of a good printing company I can contact in the Houston, Texas area. Or, if anyone can tell me where I can do more research. Or, even if the Printing Firm Representative is correct.
Thanks in advance.
Susolov
I am a technical writer/desktop publisher and an intermediate user of PM. This is my first post on this forum and I'm hoping someone can help me with a publishing firm issue.
I'm a new employee at my present job and I am making PageMaker files containing 40 to 48 pages. The publishing firm my company uses says that the pages will be be printed 4 to a page, using the front and back on 11 X 17 paper. The finished document will be "saddle stitched."
The publishing firm REPRESENTATIVE told me I have to REARRANGE the pages in my PageMaker file in order for him to print the pages correctly on the 11 x 17 pages. If I do not rearrange the pages, he will rearrange them for me at a cost of $40/hr.
I cannot put the PageMaker document in the rearranged page format that the publisher requires when I create the document because I must make a PDF for publishing on the Web. I want to avoid having 2 separete documents; this seems counter to the philosophy of "single-source documentation."
If I rearrange pages, I will not be able to use automatic numbering, and I think I can make a big mess out of my document if I'm not really careful--scary thoughts.
In the past I created a newletter for a large technical communication organization. The newsletter was 20 pages. I never had to REARRANGE pages within my PageMaker file before I submitted them for publication. The newsletter was also printed on 11 x 17 paper, with 4 pages to a sheet of paper resulting in the saddle stitch style of binding.
Since I'm not a publisher, I'm not sure what techniques are available. But it seems to me that REARRANGING pages is a very cumbersome way to produce saddle stitch documents. Is this really necessary? Is there a better way to create saddle stitch documents?
Any help will be appreciated--even if it's to tell me the name of a good printing company I can contact in the Houston, Texas area. Or, if anyone can tell me where I can do more research. Or, even if the Printing Firm Representative is correct.
Thanks in advance.
Susolov