Step‑by‑step instructions for creating print booklets in Adobe InDesign, covering PostScript export, PDF conversion, and spread size setup.
This guide explains how to prepare a booklet in Adobe InDesign. It starts with the required tools, such as Adobe Acrobat Distiller, and shows how to determine the correct spread dimensions (width is double a single page, height matches the page). The guide then walks you through saving the document as a PostScript file, configuring the Distiller settings, and converting the file to PDF.
After conversion, you verify the PDF in Acrobat Pro to ensure the spreads are correctly sized and not clipped. An appendix provides detailed instructions for calculating spread size when crop marks are needed, including export settings for different InDesign versions.
| Spread size calculation | Width = 2 × page width, Height = page height |
|---|---|
| Default Distiller preset | SoA Print - InDesign (or High Quality Print) |
You need Adobe InDesign and a copy of Adobe Acrobat Distiller to convert the PostScript file to PDF.
Set the spread width to twice the page width and keep the height equal to the page height; adjust larger if crop marks are used.
Use the “SoA Print - InDesign” preset if available; otherwise select “High Quality Print”.