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christiew17847891
christiew17847891
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November 13, 2018
Question

Master spreads to singles

  • November 13, 2018
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Hi,

For a few years now, we've sent our files to the printer and they've adjusted them based on their needs. However, they now want us to do this formatting on our end.  I've inherited a bunch of InDesign files with presets and masters applied to pages. The problem is concerning the inside bleed. On the individual pages of the file, this isn't a problem, however, the masters applied to those pages are formatted to be spreads rather than one-up pages. In order to extend the headers to cover the internal bleed, it would most likely be best to have single page masters, right? Otherwise it's pretty impossible to cover the inside without dragging the content of the other page in the spread along with.

Is there a way to do this without having to remake each master individually? Do I need to duplicate each spread then and just delete every other side?

I'm running InDesign CS5, if that matters.

Thanks.

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vinny38
vinny38
Legend
November 13, 2018

Hi

Do you mean that you used to send packaged indd document to your printer and that he now requires you to send pdfs? I'm not clear on that one...

Anyhow, you should definitely stick to facing pages document (except if you design a document that will be spiral bounded) and export it as "Pages", not "Spreads". Off-topic: I also suggest you ask your printer his PDF preset...

The inside bleed should not matter, since it will be "ignored" during the imposition phase, which is your printer's job.

See this illustration for better understanding of the process:

christiew17847891
christiew17847891Author
Participant
November 13, 2018

Hi,

We have always sent PDFs, however I guess they were doing their own thing to fix it rather than asking us to reformat (I should also mention that this is a Korean printing company, which helps explain the not asking us thing--our manager is Korean, so it's not just a language barrier issue. We're a language school printing some of our own books)

Anyway- as per my original question, I'll just take it that it shouldn't matter. If we give them the file with the bleed all the way around, and it looks like the first figure, it shouldn't matter. They asked us to extend any objects that go to the edges of the pages, so I can do that on the outside easily, but again, the inside shouldn't matter.

If I've got that correct, then thanks a bunch! That's the confirmation  of what I'd thought in the beginning.

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