Hello Fellow Corel Users....
I am trying to create a booklet using Corel X4, but I cannot change the page so I can view 2 pages next to each other (like you can in adobe indesign setup) so when I PDF it out, it includes the 2 page spread??
Any chance you guys can help me??
Final Size: A4,
32 page booklet
Thanks
Shirish
Hi Shirish,
do you already have the document set up as a book or booklet in CorelDraw? Are you using Publish to PDF or printing using the Adobe PDF Printer? Regardless of which method you use, or even if you have your document set up as single page view only in CorelDraw, after generating the PDF you need to choose View>Page Display>Two Page View in Acrobat Reader. I am looking at Acrobat Reader X, the wording may be slightly different in version 9.
You may know better than I do, but as far as I know.... even with a properly set up book/booklet..... Acrobat Reader will always show the front cover and the first inner page side-by-side, rather than the book cover on its own as a right page, then pages 2 & 3 together, etc. When you output a PDF from InDesign is this what you get too?
Best regards,Brian.
Hi Brian,
Thanks for the very quick response.
I figured it out how to setup my page (finally)
Suppose that you are doing an A4 magazine, you must create a new document with A4 page size. Then, double click on the page's border for go to Page Setup. Choose double of the real size (ie A3 horizontal is the same of two vertical A4), and go to "Layout" and choose "booklet" and "facing pages"
So thats my layout sorted in corel.....i can now start designing (after adding all the guidelines which is LONG)
Now when I PDF out using corel's own PDF program, Open the PDF and in adobe, I click on
View - Page display - click on 2 up...and also click on "show cover page during 2 up" and bingo it works....
shame the PDF wont open each time with the 2 up version....alsoways have to click on the "view - page display etc.....
Thanks for your help mate
thanks for the tip regarding 'Show Cover Page'....I never noticed that before. Are you using the same margins on all pages? If so you may want to download a free macro from here. The macro is called Brian Davies Quick Margins. It also works with facing pages and might save you some time. There are plenty of other free macros there too and some commercial macros which are very reasonably priced.
Good luck with your booklet.
Best regards,
Do you have Acrobat Professional? If you do I will send you something special. I made a button which you can place on your page and when a user clicks it - it will place the document in Two Pages view with Show Cover Page active and full screen mode, all in one click. You would need Acrobat Pro though to copy the button from my template PDF and paste it onto your PDF file.
I dont have acrobat professional...but sounds like a really good feature!
Thanks for your help