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_Myrna_Larson_
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May 5, 2007
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Fix CS3's Print Booklet !!

  • May 5, 2007
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The Print Booklet feature in InDesign CS3 is a step backward!

CS2's InBooklet could create a new document. I BADLY need that feature, as I must print odd spreads in landscape mode, but even numbered spreads in reverse landscape mode.

Having to export/print to PDF, then rotate the pages in Acrobat and print from there is unnecessarily cumbersome.
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    Fred Goldman
    Inspiring
    July 2, 2007
    This is all hypothetical, but the numbering problem could've been fixed by having it convert to text beforehand (maybe footnotes, too).
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    _Dave_Saunders_
    Inspiring
    July 2, 2007
    I gather that you don't use footnotes and you don't care much about numbered lists. Those two features just don't work in CS2's implementation of make booklet. And with the more sophisticated numbering in CS3, it's even more of a problem.

    Dave
    BobLevine
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    BobLevineCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 2, 2007
    > I gather that you don't use footnotes and you don't care much about numbered lists.

    Or objects crossing the spine.

    Bob
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    Baltioliver
    Participating Frequently
    July 2, 2007
    I've been using InDesign CS2's InBooklet feature for almost all my works and it always worked perfectly, without any problems.

    It's just too bad that Adobe Team didn't keep it. As Myrna wrote " a step backward".

    Hopefully this will be soon fixed with an upcoming patch.
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    _Dave_Saunders_
    Inspiring
    June 11, 2007
    No, it's not only for MacIntels. It could well be that you've identified a real bug. I bet it has to do with the default ruler origin settings on the two machines. I'll take a look at the script and update it if necessary.

    Dave
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    _calsharp_
    Participant
    June 11, 2007
    Dave, I've tried it two more times on a Mac Pro and it seems to be working great now, but it didn't work at all on an older Powerbook; half the content on each page was off on the pasteboard. Maybe I missed the part about it being only for Intel Macs.
    Thanks a bunch.

    CS
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    _Stephen_Carlsen_
    Participating Frequently
    June 10, 2007
    Two other booklet/imposition scripts for InDesign CS, CS2, and CS3 are "Booklet CE", http://products.carlsenenterprises.com, and "ImpositionCompanion", http://www.rorohiko.com/. Both are for Mac and Windows.
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    _Dave_Saunders_
    Inspiring
    June 8, 2007
    If it really didn't help, can you give me details on what went wrong, please.

    Dave
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    _calsharp_
    Participant
    June 8, 2007
    Yes I did, Dave, but it didn't help. I'll go back and try it again; I was in a rush and maybe I didn't have something set correctly. I'm just trying to create printer spreads (11x17) from a multiple-of-four 8 1/2 x 11 document. Thanks.

    CS
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    _Dave_Saunders_
    Inspiring
    June 7, 2007
    Cal,

    Did you try my script? It does a much more secure job of producing booklet documents that CS2 ever did.

    Dave
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    _calsharp_
    Participant
    June 7, 2007
    This lack of an imposition feature makes CS3 virtually unusable for us. What I've been doing is exporting the CS3 document in InDesign Interchange format and opening it in CS2 so I can use the InBooklet feature to make printer spreads. I'm the only one using CS3, and no one else will be getting it until this issue is resolved. This is an egregious upgrade.

    CS
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