For those of you following my situation, it looks as tho I've got the 'green light' to start making the catalog from beginning to end. Wish me luck!!
Anyways, I've made a couple of templates for the inside pages. One page for the 'left' side, and a page for the 'right'. So, lets say I get several pages done... or the whole catalog. And the boss comes along and says "Hey, I want to add this page!"
Well, if I just toss a page in there, it's going to mess up the whole 'left page and right page' thing. Is there an easy way to swap out the template, or do I have to click and drag everything over to the new template, and re-align everything.... page by page?
Obviously in any publication there has to be an even number of pages; a front and a back or a left and right, so you just cannot add a single page.
I am not one of them, but since you work with multiple pages, I just want to remind you of the 'Page Sorter View' to manage pages while viewing their contents.
View >> Page sorter view
Sorry...
Sorry about that guys... should've made this a bit more clear.....
In some previous discussions, I got the impression that using Corel X3 for a catalog is somewhat 'ok', as long as I don't plan on making the catalog too big.... crashing problems? Someone mentioned once that I should keep it within 10-20 pages, give or take a few.
Well, right away, this catalog is going to be at least 30 pages, and continue to grow over time. So, I'm expecting to have a separate file for each page.
Have I been misinformed? Is there a better way?
<MrStitch> wrote in message news:8449@coreldraw.com... Sorry about that guys... should've made this a bit more clear..... In some previous discussions, I got the impression that using Corel X3 for a catalog is somewhat 'ok', as long as I don't plan on making the catalog too big.... crashing problems? Someone mentioned once that I should keep it within 10-20 pages, give or take a few. Well, right away, this catalog is going to be at least 30 pages, and continue to grow over time. So, I'm expecting to have a separate file for each page. Have I been misinformed? Is there a better way? http://community.coreldraw.com/forums/p/2371/8449.aspx#8449
Hi Mr. Stitch,
the page qty. and stability of your project is content dependent. Lots of bitmaps? less pages.
What I'd do: design in Draw. 8.5 x 11 portrait (if not full bleed), I'd make as many pages as practical for the system I'm using. The way I design, perhaps 10. This may become a 50 - 75 MB Draw file for those first 10 pages.
Pages 11-21, Draw file #2, pages 22-32 are Draw file #3. If something bad happens, you haven't lost the whole project.
Produce a dev. ind. PS file for each from Draw, Distill that to 3 PDF's, and assemble them in Acrobat. Then imposition using Quite imposing.
It's possible to do it ALL in Draw if you have enough RAM and a super system. Then you can get reeeaaaalll fancy, designing in facing page mode where every spread can look like a center spread with stuff crossing over. The print spreads will look crazy, but when job is assembled it will look awesome. And.. Draw was built-in impositioning for booklet making.
Yes, there are going to be LOTS of bitmaps. So, I guess I'll just have to do it one page at a time, and if it becomes to cumbersome in the future, with the two separate templates for left and right, then I'll just have to make basic templates that work on both sides.
Thanks
Yes, there are going to be LOTS of bitmaps. So, I guess I'll just have to do it one page at a time, and if it becomes to cumbersome in the future, with the two separate templates for left and right, then I'll just have to make basic templates that work on both sides. Thanks http://community.coreldraw.com/forums/p/2371/8476.aspx#8476