JamesCanning Posted February 19, 2020 Posted February 19, 2020 Hello, I want to make small reference booklets, for instance lists of passwords and like that. I want these booklets to be 1/4 of a letter size document, that is, 4.25" x 5.5". Sometimes twice that, half of a letter size. I had the impression I have to have imposition software, such as my 'Montax Imposition', but I'm finding it very difficult to learn (newbie). I'm wondering if the imposition software is even necessary. Any opinions? Thank you very much for reading this. James Quote
Staff Callum Posted February 19, 2020 Staff Posted February 19, 2020 Hi James, I believe you should be able to do this in Publisher what kind of booklet is it you are trying to make? Thanks C Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP.
PaulEC Posted February 19, 2020 Posted February 19, 2020 If you save your books as PDF, readers such as Acrobat Reader and Foxit will do the imposition for you when printing booklets. Also some printer drivers have a booklet function. Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 11 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad "Beware of false knowledge, it is more dangerous than ignorance." (GBS)
JamesCanning Posted February 19, 2020 Author Posted February 19, 2020 PaulEC and Callum, thank you for your replies. I will take you to heart and see what more I can do without grinding my brain with learning imposition. I am trying to learn too many new things at the same time. Callum, my booklets would be just like the instruction manuals that come with most small pieces of hardware. How-to, listings, definitions, all kinds of text bits. James Quote
Titep Posted February 19, 2020 Posted February 19, 2020 save your book as pdf page to page easiest to make automatique imposition and put good numbers of pages even with one or two white ^^ Quote Mac mini Yosemite / High Sierra V1 - Imac 2017 Monterey V1/V2
inspiredmac Posted February 23, 2020 Posted February 23, 2020 Any printer I've ever dealt with prefers to use their own imposition software, and you could never know all the printing workflows that exist. Just make a good, clean layout and let the printer use their impositioning software. Quote
JamesCanning Posted February 23, 2020 Author Posted February 23, 2020 Thanks, inspiredmac Actually I'm trying to learn how to do imposition myself. Not everything, just be able to apply it to small pamphlets/booklets that I make for myself. It's something new to learn, and more complicated than I thought 😕 . James Quote
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