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Expert: InDesign Pro - 11/6/2007


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Scott,
Pagemaker had a BOOK feature that re-paginated a document and layout for offset printing. Where is that in InDesign CS2?

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Hi Lenny, thanks for the question.

Yes... I remember PageMaker's Book feature well. And when CS2 first shipped, they offered a PageMaker version that included Alap's InBooklet plug-in and this version could also open old PageMaker files (6.5 and 7). Pretty cool.

Since then, Quark has purchased Alap and they are (obviously) no longer making InDesign plug-ins. But if you do have the PageMaker version of InDesign CS2, the InBooklet feature would be under the File menu at the bottom (InBooklet SE...).

In case you don't have the PM Version or the plug-in, InDesign CS3 ships with an excellent booklet feature right from Adobe (File > Print Booklet), so when you're ready to upgrade, you won't have to worry about a plug-in.

Hope this helps Lenny, thanks and let me know if there's anything else.

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