How to arrange pages for booklet printing indesign

In order to create a booklet in InDesign, you must also know how to create a printer spread for professional printing.

For example, if you are creating an 8 page booklet, the pages appear in sequential order in the InDesign layout window. However, when printed as a printer spread, page 1 is positioned next to page 8, page 2 is positioned next to page 7, and so on.

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This makes it so that when the pages are printed on the same sheet, folded, and collated, the pages all end up in the correct order for reading. This way, it is easy to work in normal Layout Spread in InDesign, where the pages are ordered sequentially, and then utilizing the Printer Spread just before printing.

The following instructions explain how to create an 8 page booklet printing double sided on 8.5×11” paper in InDesign.

In this example, each “page” occupies half of the letter size paper.

To Start a New Booklet:

1. After opening InDesign, choose File.

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From there you will select  New and then start a Document. Provide the Number of Pages.

2. Next,

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