Julie wrote to us:
I create multipage documents in InDesign and the printer wants single pages… therefore I create single numbered pages. However at times, I have a picture spread and want to view those pages only as a spread. InDesign doesn’t let me drag a page in the Pages palette next to another to view the spread. Is there an easier way of viewing only the two pages together and then just as easily split them apart again for the printer without changing the entire document into spreads and then back to single pages again?
Julie, I wonder if your printer really wants you to create a single-sided document. Perhaps they just want you to give them the pages one at a time? If the document is going to be imposed into a facing-pages type thing, it’s much better to create the document that way from the beginning. Then, when you print, you leave the Spreads feauture turned off so that each page comes out by itself.
On the other hand, here’s a trick you should know about: In the Pages palette flyout menu, turn off Allow Pages to Shuffle. Now you can drag a page icon close to its neighbor; when you see the black arrow icon, let go of the mouse button and the page should snap into place and you’ll see a spread.
Or, here’s another option: You can select just the two pages you want as a spread in the Pages palette and choose Keep Spread Together from the palette menu. You’ll see brackets around the page numbers. Now you can do the same thing as above: Drag one page over near the other until you see that black arrow icon.
I hope that helps!
This article was last modified on December 18, 2021
This article was first published on June 4, 2006
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