Drawing from the Sea - inDesign pt2

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Creating a Booklet

Document Setup (Layout Options)

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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