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Create PDF cover + double page with InDesign

tipau35 Posted messages 320 Status Member -  
Claradurand Posted messages 190 Status Member -
Hello,

I create PDFs that I distribute to many people.
Regarding my layout, I would like my document to open with the cover page only, centered, then the following pages in double page until the last page.

I use InDesign, the normal export puts the pages one after the other, and the export in spreads sticks the double pages as if it were A3! I want my double pages to be independent A4 but facing each other (except for the cover).

If I distribute the document with the pages one below the other, and if the Adobe Reader settings are set to "two-page view," the cover will be next to a page and everything else will be misaligned...

Does anyone have a solution for this?

Thank you in advance :)

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    contrariness Posted messages 17904 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   6 243
     
    I don't see much of a solution to your problem because the side-by-side A4 pages display is an option of the reader and not during the creation of the file.

    The closest effect to what you want to achieve would be a layout with a space between the pages in the center... and still, with some manipulation to isolate the front and back covers...
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  2. Claradurand Posted messages 190 Status Member 205
     
    Hello,
    It seems that you should select the A4 canvas size in InDesign for the layout settings.

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