How to export two A3 spreads as four A4 pages, Indesign CC

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February 26, 2018
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Sorry if this is a basic question, i can't for the life of me work this out.

I've got two A3 spreads and i want to export then as a pdf of four A4 pages.

I'm using InDesign CC, i also have access to Acrobat DC and Illustrator

Thanks,

Camilla

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Correct answer Laubender

Hi Camilla,

alternatively you could do a new InDesign document with:

1. Facing pages

2. A4 portrait mode

3. Start page number should be a even page like e.g. 2

4. Number of pages: 4

Copy and paste in place the contents of your A3 landscape spreads.

Export PDF from the new document.

Regards,
Uwe

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HayleighSmithAuthor

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Thanks for your help everyone.

Colin Flashman

Community Expert

Another way would be do what Laubender suggests in post 9 but instead of copying from one document and pasting in place, perhaps import the A3 indesign document into the NEW indesign document suggested by Laubender. From here, the pages can be exported as 4 A4 PDFs.

Or, export a PDF of the A3 file and use a scripted solution offered by Mars Premedia - PDF place and export: https://www.marspremedia.com/software/#pdf-export-single-pages

However, this is over-engineering the problem. IMHO Laubender has provided the most practical solution. Pfaffenbichler's solution works too, but Laubender's method is much easier.

If the answer wasn't in my post, perhaps it might be on my blog at colecandoo!

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Laubender

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