converting spreads to pages

[Brigit Ananya]

I created a large document in Adobe InDesign CS6 with Facing Pages. I tried converting my spreads to pages in two ways:

1) At File>Document Setup I deselected "Facing Pages", but it told me that some spreads keep their pages together.

2) At Windows>Pages I chose "Allow Doument Pages to Shuffle", but it kept most spreads intact.

Both ways did not work if I said yes or no to keeping current number of pages on each spread.

The reason could be that I am using master spreads. Please help how to get pages. Thanks in advance,

Brigit Ananya

[Willi Adelberger]

Spreads are one or more pages.

What is the purpose you want to get?

[Brigit Ananya]

My spreads are two pages. I want to convert to pages so that I can add bleeds and slugs on each page.

I tried to apply my spread-masters to pages by selecting the right page and giving odd numbered pages and selecting the left page giving even numbered pages, but I still could not convert my spreads to pages. How can I make new page-masters?

[BobLevine]

There is no reason I can think of for you to do this.

You can add bleed and slugs even with facing pages though I don't advise it for inside bleeds. What exactly are you trying to accomplish beyond that? If you don't give us specifics we can't help.

[Brigit Ananya]

Dear Bob,

Thanks for your support!

At my InDesign book all pages have background rainbow colors continuously changing. When I make a pdf file for printing I need bleeds and slugs around all pages..

With Love,

Brigit Ananya

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

What is the thickness of the paper and how many pages - this will determine the overall thickness of your publication. 

The, what is the finish - glued, stitched, wire bound, etc? 

What are the requirements specified by the place that will be printing it for you? 

In 99.99% of cases - you work with spreads - pretty much as you're doing right now - define bleed & slug in Document Properties and print as single pages - place that will be printing it will do the rest.

[rob day]

Hi @Brigit Ananya , Unless the binding method is wire-o where the inside edge is trimmed and visible, you don’t need an inside bleed—most binding methods fold the inside edge on the spine mark, and any bleed area would have to be removed when the printer imposes the pages into printer spreads:

[Brigit Ananya]

The title of my book is "The Core of Truth: You Know It". I am self-publishing it with| Amazon. It has 100 pages and 18 introductory pages of 24lb and stronger cover pages. I was hoping to have it bound with a coil spiral. Originally it was a small 3.5" x 4" book, but Amazon has a minimum size of 4" x 6". So, I'm presently converting it to this size. Perhaps I  should allow Amazon to do general binding.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

In that case - you need to use Google for more info and search this forum - Amazon is very picky with supplied PDFs - so please do research first so you won't waste your time.

[Brigit Ananya]

I already started wasting time, because Amazon doesn't allow me to print at the small size of 3.5" x 4".  I wonder if they would even do coil spiral binging, which another company, called Amazon KDP Puplishing, told me. I wish I could talk to the Amazon company kdp.com, but they don't seem to carry a phone number.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

FORGET about getting in touch with anyone at Amazon directly.

99% you'll be chatting / emailing with stupidly badly configured A.I. - or people who will just confirm what A.I. have wrongly suggested and receive pointless answers... I have an online shop + FBA and it's a pain, I have conversations spanning over WEEKS and got nowhere.

And even if you get in touch with someone over the phone - it will be so low level and without any practical knowledge, just reading from a pre-prepared and outdated script - that you'll waste your time anyway... 

The only way to get any valuable info is from other people who done this before. 

Use Google or search this forum. 

[rob day]

I think amazon only offers saddle stitch and perfect binding, neither needs an inside bleed. Their bleed guide shows outside, top, and bottom bleeds:

https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GVBQ3CMEQW3W2VL6#bleed

The InDesign Document Setup for the layout guide shown in the link would be this:

If you really are preparing pages for wire-o or spiral see this thread for some bleed options:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/gutter-bleed-still-the-same/m-p/11367643#M198592

[Brigit Ananya]

Should the cover pages be a wider spread with the title at the center?

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Unfortunately, I can't offer you any info how to deal with KDP - you need to use Google or search this forum - there are some threads and a few people with some experience, who can offer you some help. 

[Brigit Ananya]

Does ID-Tasker work for InDesign CS6? Where can I get it?

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Does ID-Tasker work for InDesign CS6? Where can I get it?

By @Brigit Ananya

Not ... yet ... but as I have a friend who is still working on CS5 - I could speed up the process of creating versions for older InDesigns...