Handling both Facing and single page versions in Publisher

[Yannick Gaultier]

Hello,

I'm creating a booklet-style document which print version has facing pages. It thus have 3 master pages (one per section) that are "facing" pages. Document has maybe 30 pages in total.

Now I also want to produce a downloable PDF version of that document and to make it properly readable on screen or on a phone, that version should be single pages only. This implies using a different set of master pages for the same content: on the print version , there are some decoration graphics spanning over 2 facing pages while on the web version those graphics should be contained on each single page.

Now the question is: how do best handle having 2 sets of master pages for the same content?

Starting from the "facing pages" version, with facing pages masters, I tried setting "Facing" to No in document setup but that resulted in breaking the "facing" masters as well and so I cannot switch back from "single" to "facing".

Aside from just maintaining 2 copies of the same document and making sure I make any changes to both versions, is there an smart way of doing this?

Many thanks

 

[Lee D]

As you've found, trying to setup the one document for both purposes will break something within the document. Even though it will involve maintaining two files, I'd recommend have one for each, this will allow you to customise them exactly how you want them for print or web. It will mean adapting your workflow for if you add/remove content from one to remember to also repeat for the other file.

Also make sure to do regular file backups, just in case. 

[Yannick Gaultier]

Hi Lee

 

Thanks for your reply. That's a bit unfortunate, of course I can maintain two files but that's a lot of trouble and a sure way to maintain errors in both. 

Best regards