Reply To: Cover spreads et al

2. Agree with Ari – to avoid any confusion, always build your book file in order, from front cover to back. Printers set up imposition based on that order.

3. For an 11×8.5 tri fold brochure, the panel sizes are typically like this:
Outside: left to right: 3.625, 3.6875, 3.6875 (front panel)
Inside: left to right: 3.6875, 3.6875 (inside center panel), 3.625

I set up my own trifold template, which is great for setting up from scratch, especially with my Align to Page keyboard shortcuts. It’s also the best way to take a customer’s PDF and adjust to the correct panel sizes.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yqze76c92tf0i3h/tri-fold%20brochure.indt?dl=0