Apply a template to all odd pages in an INDESIGN document
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Hello,
After extensive research, I can't find how to apply a template to all the odd pages of my INDESIGN document.
Indeed, I have a 500-page document for which all odd pages are identical.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Configuration: Macintosh / Chrome 83.0.4103.61
After extensive research, I can't find how to apply a template to all the odd pages of my INDESIGN document.
Indeed, I have a 500-page document for which all odd pages are identical.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Configuration: Macintosh / Chrome 83.0.4103.61
8 réponses
If your document is set up in facing pages, place the repetitive elements on the odd page of a template...
My document is not in a facing pages layout.
But it's a very good solution that I will apply.
Thank you very much for your help.
But it's a very good solution that I will apply.
Thank you very much for your help.
Hello,
I use "Numbering Script" to perform numbering for notebooks or self-copying bundles, ticketing, etc...
I use "Numbering Script" to perform numbering for notebooks or self-copying bundles, ticketing, etc...
Interesting.. I didn't know about this script.
Personally, I use data merging from a TXT file with tabulation as a separator. It’s useful not to generate a large number of pages in the Indesign document, but to perform the merge only during PDF export...
And then (I might be wrong), it doesn't seem possible to do multipage (3 consecutive sheets or double-sided for example).
Personally, I use data merging from a TXT file with tabulation as a separator. It’s useful not to generate a large number of pages in the Indesign document, but to perform the merge only during PDF export...
And then (I might be wrong), it doesn't seem possible to do multipage (3 consecutive sheets or double-sided for example).
For my part, I've been using this script for a few years now, especially since we started printing notebooks, tickets, etc., digitally.
It avoids a typesetting numbering. Its advantage is the ability to number multiple copies of a document so that after printing they can be trimmed, stacked, and glued or stapled while maintaining chronological order.
Additionally, it also allows me to customize the number as I wish (size, font, color, etc.).
And finally, when the client places a new order, I just have to remove the numbering and restart the script with the new starting number.
Here is a link to learn more:
https://www.scriptopedia.org/js-indesign/168-numbering-script.html#comment-252
It avoids a typesetting numbering. Its advantage is the ability to number multiple copies of a document so that after printing they can be trimmed, stacked, and glued or stapled while maintaining chronological order.
Additionally, it also allows me to customize the number as I wish (size, font, color, etc.).
And finally, when the client places a new order, I just have to remove the numbering and restart the script with the new starting number.
Here is a link to learn more:
https://www.scriptopedia.org/js-indesign/168-numbering-script.html#comment-252
The script doesn't manage duplex printing.
So, unless I manually add a page for the back side for each page created by the script, I'm forced to run two passes on the copier.
I've looked several times for alternative ways to do this in InDesign or even with Acrobat Pro, but I haven't found anything.
So, unless I manually add a page for the back side for each page created by the script, I'm forced to run two passes on the copier.
I've looked several times for alternative ways to do this in InDesign or even with Acrobat Pro, but I haven't found anything.
Ah okay... That's really where the difference lies between my method and data merging. In merging, you can do double-sided printing all at once...
However, it's less "automatic" because you need to prepare the file of numbers to merge... I've gotten into the habit of doing this in Excel... At first, I had some difficulty finding the sequences to separate the repetitive poses... and then over time, the routine sets in and it goes faster and faster...
Plus, when you know your clients, there are jobs that come back often... in that case, I keep the base files that I adapt to the new ones...
However, it's less "automatic" because you need to prepare the file of numbers to merge... I've gotten into the habit of doing this in Excel... At first, I had some difficulty finding the sequences to separate the repetitive poses... and then over time, the routine sets in and it goes faster and faster...
Plus, when you know your clients, there are jobs that come back often... in that case, I keep the base files that I adapt to the new ones...