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Using Data Merge

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ADOBE INDESIGN CS PAGEMAKER EDITION 57 User Guide Supplement Black-and-white 28-page saddle stitch with color cover If a booklet has a color cover and blackand-white insides, you can create two separate impositions from the same document: one for the front cover, inside front cover, inside back cover, and back cover; and one for the 24 pages inside the booklet. To produce the color signature, click Range in the Pages area of the Layout panel, and type 1-2, 27-28 (or whatever the section page numbers are). To produce the black-and-white insides, type 3-26 in the Range text box. Consecutive To create printer spreads for a traditional six-panel, trifold brochure, choose 3-up Consecutive from the Style menu in the Layout panel. You may be accustomed to setting up trifolds as one page with three different columns. With InBooklet imposition, you can simply create pages that are the size of each panel. A B 16 1 2 15 28-page booklet with a color cover A. Color signature for cover (see InDesign Help for color image) B. Black-and-white inside page 3-Up Consecutive Using Data Merge Data merge automates the layout process for extracting spreadsheet or database content into an InDesign document to create an entirely new document or set of documents. You can use the Data Merge palette to create form letters, bulk-mail newsletters, envelopes, or for database publishing.

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ADOBE INDESIGN CS PAGEMAKER EDITION
User Guide Supplement
Black-and-white 28-page saddle stitch with color
cover
If a booklet has a color cover and black-
and-white insides, you can create two separate
impositions from the same document: one for the
front cover, inside front cover, inside back cover,
and back cover; and one for the 24 pages inside the
booklet. To produce the color signature, click
Range in the Pages area of the Layout panel, and
type
1-2, 27-28
(or whatever the section page
numbers are). To produce the black-and-white
insides, type
3-26
in the Range text box.
28-page booklet with a color cover
A.
Color signature for cover (see InDesign Help for color
image)
B.
Black-and-white inside page
Consecutive
To create printer spreads for a
traditional six-panel, trifold brochure, choose
3-up Consecutive from the Style menu in the
Layout panel. You may be accustomed to setting
up trifolds as one page with three different
columns. With InBooklet imposition, you can
simply create pages that are the size of each panel.
3-Up Consecutive
Using Data Merge
Data merge automates the layout process for
extracting spreadsheet or database content into an
InDesign document to create an entirely new
document or set of documents. You can use
the Data Merge palette to create form letters,
bulk-mail newsletters, envelopes, or for database
publishing.
16
1
2
15
A
B