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ec41647383
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January 23, 2017
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How to print/crop different area's of indesign document

  • January 23, 2017
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Hi All,

Today I encountered a new problem.


I have to design a window sticker for a new shop.

I’ve made a document of the total window size.

https://puu.sh/twSHi/b8e75d081d.png

The windows contain of windows with different sizes, separated by window frames.

If you look closely at the print screen you see guidelines. This is where the window frames are.

Since the design contains text that goes from window to window I wondered if there is a way to cut the page in parts and export those in pdf.

This because the printing company needs a separate file for each window.

I hope there is a solution!
Thank you very much.

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    Correct answer John Mensinger

    ec41647383 wrote:

    I wondered if there is a way to cut the page in parts and export those in pdf.

    Just turn your thinking around  bit; export to PDF, and crop in Acrobat. Crop to  the pane-1 guide, save a copy as pane-1.pdf, crop to pane-2 guides, save a copy as pane-2.pdf, and so on. You might want to ask if they'll want some overlap. I suspect they will.

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    rob day
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    rob dayCommunity Expert
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    January 24, 2017

    I hope there is a solution!

    ID lets you customize page sizes within the document. So you can have a spread made of different sized pages like this:

    Here I've made a 5 page document, selected all of the pages in the Pages panel, and with Allow Selected Spread to Shuffle unchecked, I've dragged the pages together to form a 5 page spread

    With Page tool selected in the Tools panel I can select a page and resize and position it via the Transform panel. Here are the 5 pages sized similarly to your layout. I've set the width of page 1 to 4.5"

    Page 2 set to 7.125" with its X position at 4.5":

    I can then design the spread with crossovers and export the individual pages with bleeds

    Randy Hagan
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    Randy HaganCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 23, 2017

    Assuming the vertical guides define the panes, I'd suggest you go with John's recommendations.

    InDesign itself has an ability to "tile" large-format files into smaller printing panels, but it's designed to match up symmetrically and probably isn't going to get you the results you're looking for easily. His process is probably your best -- and easiest -- shot at getting the output you need.

    John Mensinger
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    John MensingerCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    January 23, 2017

    ec41647383 wrote:

    I wondered if there is a way to cut the page in parts and export those in pdf.

    Just turn your thinking around  bit; export to PDF, and crop in Acrobat. Crop to  the pane-1 guide, save a copy as pane-1.pdf, crop to pane-2 guides, save a copy as pane-2.pdf, and so on. You might want to ask if they'll want some overlap. I suspect they will.

    ec41647383
    ec41647383Author
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    January 24, 2017

    Thank you! I will work around it then

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