every printer i've ever used has done imposition as a service, and advised me to do layouts in reader's spreads. but i will echo to talk to the printer first, because they're the ones who determine how files should be set up.
design it on 5.5 x 8.5" pages, set up in spreads. Then when you go to assemble the final PDF you'll need to impose it. You can do that by using File -> InBooklet on CS2. CS3 has its own thing but I can't remember the option right off. I think it might be in the export options.
It kind of depends on how you're printing. If you're sending it out to someone, contact them to verify their specifications. If you're printing it yourself, you're going to want to set it up so that you print and fold and it's done.
To verify the order of panels when flat, fold some scrap paper and number the panels in reading order. When you unfold it, you'll have the order you need for printing.
There's a tri-fold brochure that I did quite a while back here (from the school's website). The left three panels are one side of a letter-sized sheet; the right three panels are the other side (the inside). I used guides between the panels to keep them organized on each sheet. The leftmost panel is folded inward, so the second panel from the left is the back, and the third panel is the front. I hope that makes sense. It's a little difficult to explain the ordering without showing it visually
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Speaking from a decade of prepress experience at printing companies . . .grenaciaSeptember 30 2008, 02:56:54 UTC
If you do set it up on 8.5x11, make sure you do it in printers' spreads, not readers' spreads, and make sure you do it correctly. Otherwise it will be worse for the printer than if you'd just set it up on 5.5x8.5" pages. Make a paper mockup if you need to.
I'd recommend just doing it in 5.5x8.5" pages and then imposing it later or having your printer impose it.
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To verify the order of panels when flat, fold some scrap paper and number the panels in reading order. When you unfold it, you'll have the order you need for printing.
There's a tri-fold brochure that I did quite a while back here (from the school's website). The left three panels are one side of a letter-sized sheet; the right three panels are the other side (the inside). I used guides between the panels to keep them organized on each sheet. The leftmost panel is folded inward, so the second panel from the left is the back, and the third panel is the front. I hope that makes sense. It's a little difficult to explain the ordering without showing it visually ( ... )
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I'd recommend just doing it in 5.5x8.5" pages and then imposing it later or having your printer impose it.
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