Drawing from the Sea - inDesign pt2

Creating a Booklet

Document Setup (Layout Options)

To start a new booklet:

1. Choose File > New > Document
2. Type the Number of Pages in your field, in this case 8 (we’ll use 2 double sided 1/2 sheets of letter).
3. Select Facing Pages—gives you left and right-hand pages in your document.
4. Use the Page Size drop-down menu to set the size of your page, in this case Letter - Half (Width and Height will be set automatically unless set to Custom).
5. Set orientation to Portrait.
6. Setting the Margins: choose .5 in all around
7. Enter 1 as the Number of Columns
8. Click OK.

To access your layout settings in an exisiting document

If you’ve already started a document, choose

1. File > Document Setup to adjust your page size and orientation
2. Layout > Margins and Columns to modify columns, margins and gutter