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• • July 28, 2011 at 5:45 pm #60166
    Anonymous

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    Hello everyone,

    I’ve been doing book layouts for some time, and I’ve come up with a huge dilemma. I learned to work with only one big file, without using InDesign’s book feature. Actually, I’ve always thought this feature was usefull only for the companies where there are many people working on the same book or when you have a really huge book with tons of pictures that your computer isn’t strong enough to handle.

    But, considering I never really took the time of learning this feature, I’ve started to wonder if it would give me some advantages, especially considering I might starting to do ePub with the books designed for print that I make. I tried to find some kind of list of the advantages and disavantages of using or not using InDesign book feature, unsuccessfully :(

    So, what do you guys think? What are the advantages of making a book all splitted up with InDesign’s book feature?

    Thanks for your time!

  • August 1, 2011 at 10:49 am #60183
    pat4141

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    I have searched the site and the forums quite a bit and can't find the answer to my question. This is the closest topic to what I'm looking for that I can find.

    My question is about putting it all back together again. My sections or chapters that make up the book are all different lengths. What happens when they are all recombined at the printer? I don't want a lot of blank pages stuck in there so each can start on an odd page. I want every page utilized.

    Or should I recomine them myself if I want to be absolutely sure of the results.

    And will the printer have any problem with there being 11 files to set instead of just one.

    This topic is related in a way to the original question of whether to use the book feature.

    Any instructions or references that bear on these topics would be gratefully received.

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