Layout for a Playbill in 8.5 x 11 horizontal format

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Layout for a Playbill in 8.5 x 11 horizontal format

I have been working on a School Playbill layout in Pages designed to print two facing pages on 8.5" x 11" horizonal paper. Each page will be 5.5" x 8". There are no templates in Pages with these dimensions. If I use the only "brochure" template in horizontal format, setup as facing pages, will that work when I take it to the printer to set up for printing as a booklet?

iMac G5, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Mar 3, 2008 12:01 PM

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Answer 1

Peggy

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Mar 3, 2008 12:47 PM in response to DIetz S

Use Cocoa Booklet to create a booklet with any number of pages (best in a multiple of 4). Start with your Pages document in Legal size & larger than normal font size. Export the Pages document to a PDF & then drag the PDF to the icon of Cocoa Booklet. It will create a new PDF in booklet form.

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DIetz S Author

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Mar 3, 2008 3:43 PM in response to DIetz S

That was a good suggestion, Peggy - if I was ready to start from scratch. But I already have about 50 pages built at actual size: 5.5" x 8.5", with everything at 300 dpi in grayscale. My hope was to build the template in Pages, paste in my built pages (mostly ads) and send it to a printer.

I got the template built so I see facing pages in the 8.5 x 11 page layout. Can I use that or not - exporting to Word or a PDF for the printer?

Thanks!

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Answer 3

Mar 5, 2008 7:40 PM in response to DIetz S

Dietz S...

Peggy is right on the money...but I think she was misunderstood.

Cocoa Booklet is a plugin for OS X for AFTER you're done designing. It's sole purpose is to take the page layout that you've been working on and conform it to what is called "printer's pages" for use in a saddle or stitch bound "booklet."

Take a playbill apart and you'll see that there are actually FOUR pages of content printed on a single sheet of paper...and if your pages are numbered, you'll see that the outmost sheet of a 10 page booklet will have the front cover and back cover on the outside, and pages 1 and 10 on the inside. The next sheet will have the contents of pages 2, 3, 8 & 9...and so forth.

Cocoa Booklet does this for you after you export your layout from Pages, Word, or what have you.

Hope that helps!

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Answer 4

Mar 12, 2008 3:51 PM in response to DIetz S

Chose a blank canvas page layout template.

Under Page Setup select Half Page. Set up your margins and then duplicate the blank page until you have the number you need.

I delivered a similar 12 page program/playbill to the printer last week. Let me know if you want to see the file.

Have a great day

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Answer 5

Walt K

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Mar 12, 2008 7:23 PM in response to DIetz S

At this point (your booklet already done) I would suggest you Print to PDF, burn a CD, and take and show it to your printer. He can tell you whether or not he can work from what you have or suggest what you might need to do.

Walt

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