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klarina2000
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April 13, 2023
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How to create booklet from a multi-document book.

  • April 13, 2023
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Please help.

I have a multiple document book (see attached file) that I need to print as a booklet.

For the life of me I cannot find how to do it.

This document will have 32 pages (created in segments by data merge and put together in a book).

When I send the book to print, the only option it gives me is to print it directly, not as a booklet.

How do I go from here to print a multi document book into a booklet?

Thanks in advance.

 

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Correct answer Jeffrey_Smith

Unfortunately there is no Print Booklet option available within a book file.

 

If you want to use Indesign's print booklet feature, here is a workaround. From the book file, export a PDF. Create a new Indesign document. Use the Place Multiple Page PDF script with the combined PDF. This will have 32 single pages that you can use print booklet to create a proof.

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Jeffrey_SmithCorrect answer
Community Expert
April 13, 2023

Unfortunately there is no Print Booklet option available within a book file.

 

If you want to use Indesign's print booklet feature, here is a workaround. From the book file, export a PDF. Create a new Indesign document. Use the Place Multiple Page PDF script with the combined PDF. This will have 32 single pages that you can use print booklet to create a proof.

    James Gifford—NitroPress
    James Gifford—NitroPress
    Brainiac
    April 13, 2023

    That may be a better solution than mine, but both start with just exporting the Book to PDF as a first step. Me, I'd prefer to manage it further in Acrobat, since the goal here is a document anyone (not a designer with ID) can print to a booklet stack.

     

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    SJRiegel
    Community Expert
    April 13, 2023

    Export the Book into a PDF file, and then print your booklet from the PDF.

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    klarina2000Author
    Participating Frequently
    April 13, 2023

    The thing is that I need to save it to PDF and Adobe PDF reader does not let me do that.

     

    James Gifford—NitroPress
    James Gifford—NitroPress
    Brainiac
    April 13, 2023

    For production purposes, I need to provide a PDF file of my booklet so they can print it directly from the printer. I can't find a way to save my multiple document book into a PDF file in a booklet format (two pages per page) .

     


    If you want the pages in booklet order, so that printing (say) four two-sided sheets stacks and center-staples to form a booklet, that's called imposition, and Acrobat Pro does it very well. Start with exporting your InDesign document to linear pages, then either use Acrobat to print that PDF with its booklet feature (under Print), or (in something of a loop) "Print" that output to another PDF, which will then retain the booklet page order. Anyone with Acrobat Reader will be able to just print the booklet stack from that secondary PDF.

     

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