Line breaks change when I make my indesign file single pages

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July 26, 2017
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Line breaks change when I make my indesign file single pages. My file is set up as spreads but with facing pages turned off, but now I need to add bleed to my pages on all four sides. When I do this some of the line breaks change and make the flow of the pages change. I could check each page but the file is 72 pages long and need any easier why of doing this. Any ideas? Thanks.

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Willi Adelberger

Community Expert

I think you have set up your document in a wrong way.

You have to set up the page size in the size of the final trimmed single page.
Bleed is not part of the page size. In Document Set up you have to click More Options and add the bleed.
If this product printed on both sides you have to set up a facing page document, never a document without facing pages.

If you have done these 3 steps correctly, your described problems would not appear.

Don't use forced line breaks. (Exceptions exists, but not very often.)

I suppose you have to start over correctly again.

peterr82291792Author

Known Participant

Thanks for the input Willi. I do have the pages set up as the final size as it would be trimmed but set up as spreads but because of the way it is going to be printed and bound I need to add bleed to the pages on all for sides (it is coil bound). We force line breaks all the time with no issue but this is an exception I guess. But these are things we can keep in mind for the future when setting up a file it may be a little late for this project since it is completed and is 72 pages long.

Bill Silbert

Community Expert

Unless the printer specifcally requests otherwise jobs that are to be spiral (coil) bound should always be set up as single pages because of the bleed issue. Left and Right Page Masters can be created with elements that go across the gutters appropriately duplicated and applied as needed and bleed and auto-page numbers can be added. As long as “Allow Document Pages to Shuffle” is unchecked pages with images that will traverse the spreads can be temporarily put into spreads and images can be duplicated and adjusted as needed. When that is done activate “Allow Document Pages to Shuffle” and you’ll be asked if you want to maintain the number of pages per spread. Respond “No” and the pages will go back to singles.

Bill Silbert

Community Expert

I could not make my text reflow as yours did when I took a long document that was single pages set up in spreads and converted it to single pages set up singly to add bleed. So I wonder if the method that you are using to make your document into single pages set up singly is the problem. I am assuming that the reason that you’ve been able to make spreads with single pages is that “Allow Document Pages To Shuffle” under the Pages Panel pull-down is unchecked. If that is the case then check it and you will be asked if you want the spreads to be maintained as they are. Say No and the document will automatically become single pages set up singly. When I tested this and any time I’ve done it in the past text did not reflow.

peterr82291792Author

Known Participant

Unfortunately that did not work. It did make the pages single pages but it still changed the line breaks. Thanks for the info though.

Bill Silbert

Community Expert

Are the text frames threaded together or are they separate? Are the frames contained entirely on each single page?

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