what app to write an illustrated book?

[chasg1st]

Hi All,

I'm going to bid on a contract to design and lay out an illustrated book (100 or so A5 pages, 4 colours plus possibly a spot).

My usual InDesign work is posters and booklets (10 pages at most).

The big question: is InDesign up to doing a book of this size? (or will I have to consider going back to FrameMaker, which I used _years_ ago for a little while). If not InDesign, then what app would be appropriate?

Thanks in advance for any info,

Chas

 

[MarcusStringer]

InDesign is perfect for this kind of work.
That's what it was made for...

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[chasg1st]

Thanks for the very quick reply/

Well, I definitely know ID's layout capabilities, but is it capable of dealing with over 100 pages?

I'm specifically asking this because Adobe, in their "PageMaker vs. InDesign vs. FrameMaker" documents suggests that books and other long documents should be done in FrameMaker.

Chas

 

[MarcusStringer]

That's what I do...200+ page books 4 colour etc etc.
And I must say InDesign is great for 4Colour pics with effects etc.

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[chasg1st]

totally cool, thanks for setting my mind at ease! (Aussies are on the ball, as usual

Any tips for long documents like books?

Chas

 

[MarcusStringer]

Make sure you use you master pages........Also make sure when using master pages....goto Layout/layout Adjustment and tick it on otherwise once you finish the job and you have to make a change in say, the running head, when you change it in the master pages the changes won't take effect.
Other than that...enjoy...

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[chasg1st]

yeah, I have to admit I've never had to use Master Pages (not with the short documents I've been building), they're at the top of my list to master (pun!) next

Thanks again!

Chas

ps. btw: I really like the visual design of your web site (fyi: your "ocr" page seems to be a few pixels to the right of the rest of the pages, so it jumps when I go to it. I'm using Safari to view)

 

[MarcusStringer]

Thanks for the compliment.
I've never noticed the jump before...thanks for the heads up.

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[globetrotter84]

InDesign CS also allows you to form chapters of the books.
for eg...10 InDesign documents can be merged into 1 InDesign book using each document as a chapter.

This can be useful, but definitely not necessary...1 document for 100 + pages will be fine.

 

[chasg1st]

Good info, thanks