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• • February 20, 2013 at 10:01 am #64219
    angharad09

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    Say you want to make a trifold brochure that, flattened out, would be a US-letter-size piece of paper. I've seen recommendations to set it up as either (1) two letter-size pages with three columns each or (2) six smaller pages, organized into two three-page spreads. Somewhere in my dim and cobwebbed memory, however, lurks a statement that, when sending files to a commercial printer, you should not use spreads. Can anyone clear up my confusion? Or otherwise speak to the relative merits of methods #1 and #2? (I assume version #2 would be something to avoid if working with a client using CS4 or earlier?)

    Many thanks.

  • February 20, 2013 at 12:32 pm #64225
    David Blatner

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    Yes, using Spreads is okay in this situation. In fact, it's even better because you get fold lines automatically. More here:

    https://creativepro.com/new…..in-cs5.php

  • February 20, 2013 at 1:28 pm #64226
    angharad09

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    Brilliant. If I do it your way, I may actually have some hairs left when I finish doing the math. Thanks, David!

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