How to "Print Booklet" in InDesign // BOOK DESIGN

[@idontcare994]

7 years later, STILL the best video on the subject!!!!!!! Thank you so much ! 📖

[@designlikeapro]

Thank you!!! I'm happy it's held up over the years.

[@jaune-soleil]

I AGREE!!!! This just saved me in 2022! I’ve watched quite a few, but you hit on all of the important points.

[@ericlamont4130]

As someone new to InDesign, needing to learn it specially to make a multi-page folded booklet, this tutorial was exactly what I needed! Thank you!!

[@marvellingmonk]

10 years later, STILL very helpful. I almost gave up on "facing pages" and just layout my booklet in a letter with two columns until I found this video. Thank you so much!

[@AlainSTO]

For those who want to skip the fluff, the info you're looking for starts at about 3:30.

[@ajjames9065]

Great tutorial. Concise. And thank you for not starting with "First we need to create a document in inDesign and on and on...". You get to the point and stay on topic. Thank you!

[@designlikeapro]

Thank you for the nice comment. Means a lot. Thanks for watching!

[@rathinasabapathypalanisami5225]

Bad bad bad abd

[@carriedbybenschi1236]

Finally soone who speaks in a calm way and getting to the point asap

[@nenefrizzy09]

THANK YOU LADY!!!!! You saved my curiosity on how to properly make a Book/Magazine. I have a BA in Graphic Design as of Dec.21 2013 and I wish you were my Indesign teacher lol. This was the only thing that was of my curiosity on how the pages match up! I think I love you! Now to apply for this job! You saved my life!

[@designlikeapro]

Awwww, that's super awesome! Glad to help.

[@lynns368]

Hi, Just saw your video....thank you for this. I'm using a Mac and when I save my booklet using postscript the ps (covered to pdf) document come out as in the vertical A4 instead of the landscape A4. I've tried changing settings, and it just doesn't seem to work. Could you help me with this?

[@imajogger]

Thanks so much for the help! Tip: Everyone on a mac with adobe CC - if you cant find distiller, right click the Postscript file > Open With > and it should come up

[@designlikeapro]

Thanks for sharing the tip!

[@jonathan-biehl]

Can you please tell me how to do this but printing in multiple signatures! I'm making a book and the paper is thick and I can only do signatures with no more than 4 sheets of paper. I am doing a hard cover book so my file won't be the actual covers of the book plus I'm doing multiple signatures

[@Aravindhanh]

Thank you so much! I can not wait to start setuping. I want to create original soft for comrcials and shows alongside my many other

[@greglau7567]

you saved my day. spent about 4 hours figuring out why my pages jumbled.

[@martufreyer1]

Hey! thank you very much for your tutorial. Now, what if I have Mac and I don't have that PDF option? How can I get that? I have already tried with the Postcript option, and then converting it on the Distiller, but this cuts me a part of the page. Thank you!!

[@jesse_ryan]

Same problem. I wish I knew the solution.

[@aiamfree]

Adobe Acrobat Pro DC makes this so easy. You can even select a range of sheets and which face of the sheets to print!!! Brilliant

[@28SeSe82]

This is so complicated.. thank you for making all of this transparent and walk us through

[@designlikeapro]

It is and happy to help!

[@danilozocatelli6958]

2024 and you saving my life! Thank you so much for this video. The best one I found on the subject.

[@mariammohamed6983]

Thanks fo rthis! to the point and informative, and the pace is just right 🖤

[@ciccius360]

lovely video with in depth explanation but 1 question. How does one do the importings

[@krystlen1505]

I haven't used InDesign in a long time and this video was definitely helpful!! thank you!!

[@designlikeapro]

Yay! Thanks for watching! 😄

[@palmixart9902]

Thank you so much, my problem was the fucking spreads that I didn't know they have to be an odd number. Thank you again😍🤯👏🏻

[@designlikeapro]

I created a new tutorial specifically addressing the postscript in Distiller issues some of you are experiencing. Stay tuned, it's releasing this week.

[@VictoriaLynnRosaawarriorscry]

Design Like a Pro Did you post this new one yet??

[@HospitalSupplies]

+Design Like a Pro Very clear and informative, straight to the point - cream of the cake - nothing boring. Thanks

[@designlikeapro]

Scala Surgical Thank you! :-)

[@keihaasart2388]

Hi! I'm on an iMac, running InDesign CC and am trying to get my booklet into pdf form so I can have it printed somewhere(Staples, etc. because I don't have a printer and my school printer isn't capable) else. I can't find Adobe Distiller online, so I looked around and saw that I can do this through the Preview App. When I create a pdf of it, they appear as single individual pages rather than side by side pages. Viewing the pdf in 'two page' made shows that the pages are still in the correct order that I would like for them to be printed, but will they print side by side(and front and back) in that order (on a single sheet of paper)? I'm concerned that viewing the document in 'two page' mode is merely for preference of viewing than purpose of printing. Your video was extremely helpful in figuring this out, thank you so much!

[@designlikeapro]

Xchovenei If you have a CC subscription, Distiller should be available to download from Adobe Manager. If your printer knows what they are doing, they can arrange your current PDF to print what you need for a back to back booklet, but that might not be the case for Staples. Essentially what Print to Booklet does is put your individual pages into one printable sheet in the order you want. For example, a 6x9 booklet actually is 12x9 flat and the actual pages are not in order in the way you design them. Take two regular sheets of paper, fold them like a booklet and number each page 1-8 and you'll see what I mean. These spreads are what you printer needs to print the booklet in the right order. If you don't have Distiller, you can design your booklet the old fashioned way which means you design in the booklet order on full spreads (like the paper mockup) versus on 1-8 individual pages in your document. I think a video on this alternate method would be ideal!

[@xpedito]

Thank you so much! That print blank pages saved the day!

[@rodrigo1398]

I feel 10x more confident in soft soft, thanks!

[@riffybeats]

Is it industry standard to put the cover on Page one and the back cover to last page? I was seeing others make a larger spread that included the entire cover with spine included. But I'm new to InDesign and I might just delete that part for now, because I think it's throwing everything off.

[@designlikeapro]

In the case of this tutorial, the booklet including covers would be printed on the same paper and saddle stitched. No need for a separate cover design unless you are binding in a way that requires a spine.

[@zippididoodah6830]

Perfect. Thank you. You and Distiller has saved me. I don't suppose you could help with another issue I am having. My 'Print Adobe PDF' option from the print menu isn't working. Any idea why this could be?

[@artinverted572]

Your tutorial saved me so much stress this exam season, thank you!!! 💚

[@_simof_]

Why i can't find the Adobe PDF option for printer in the Print Preset Window? [5:01] I only can choose ps format and it doesn't allow me to customize the paper size

[@itsmegarts]

Thank you from bottom of my heart ❤

[@riyanciemathews3190]

8 years on and this video is still helping the community. Thank you for such a clear and detailed video. All went well with the project until mid-printing I ran out of ink and had to stop the printer after 121. Now when I tried to print the balance pages, choosing print/range from 121 to 282, the pagination gets completely distorted, i.e ID considers page 121 as the "cover" and wants to print the back cover behind 121. Do you have a solution for this please? Is there a way to make ID print the booklet in the same page order within a page range? Your help is appreciated.

[@tishducrot1979]

THANK YOU ! I've been looking for this for a while now ! this tip is a life saver !! many thanks again !

[@hammaadali561]

Finally! I will use Indesign because you make me Indesign is very easy Thanks a lot.

[@LDMM]

You SAVED my life!

[@Nexpo6822]

What paper size did you put on the Indesign because my said warning the booklet doesn’t fit the current paper size. Click print settings to specify a larger paper size or to scale the booklet to fit.

[@collector4eva]

really great tutorial. perfect balance of elaboration/ getting straight to the point. thank you!

[@designlikeapro]

Appreciate that. Thanks for watching!

[@Klelcken]

A big big thank you from Bomet Kenya! This saved a serious situation.

[@designlikeapro]

That's awesome, so glad to hear it! :)

[@aanchalanilbudhrani68]

Hi your video was pretty helpful although I don't know why no matter what I do the pages aren't ever aligning next to each other. eg 5-6,6-7 instead they go like 1-36, 3-34 etc. Please help I don't know where am I going wrong?

[@xcheezeboyx]

Thank you very much :) You taught me what I needed to know very fast and went into detail about things I needed to do like save text as outlines by creating a preset - great job

[@designlikeapro]

Dennis Donnelly Awesome! Thanks for the sweet comment. :-)

[@varshinitalari]

Thank you so much for this video. my confusion left in just a snap

[@viviaaca]

Thank you for the turorial very well explained. I have a question regarding setting up full bleed images as part of a booklet, it seems that when I send the booklet to print I get a white space between pages, how could I fix this? I would appreciate the feedback.

[@sweetjyotika]

Hi I am struggling to have a booklet with no borders or white space at all sides, each time i take out a print booklet it comes out with white borders as the printer doesn't give a borderless print, Is there any way to get a borderless print booklet....Thanks Jo

[@rafail.tsilopoulos]

hi at the booklet type options, which one is the option where the book is "stiched with thread" not glue, not staples.. or it doesnt matter, just choose one option..?? THX

[@larrikind]

print blank pages checkbox - god send thank you!

[@designlikeapro]

Right?! Such a kicker, but amazing once you know that trick.

[@yippiecahier9253]

Great Video!!! Ok, I managed to "print" my 88-page booklet using "Print Booklet" to a pdf file, but the pages in the pdf file are all cut off. I have re-done this 8 times now and I can't figure out why the paper size isn't matching up. It looks good in the "Print Booklet" preview, but then it's wrong in the pdf file. Any idea why? TIA.

[@heyvivian]

this is my issue. how to fix this??

[@ZoniaZena]

Thank you for making this video! I only have one question and is about the printing on both pages, I don't see an option on the print settings for this, or is it automatic? thanks in advance!!

[@designlikeapro]

You're welcome! That is a setting specific to your printer. If your printer doesn't have double sided printing then you won't see this option. I was making in house booklets on a copy machine so that is where this came in handy most!

[@kings2kongs]

Great Tutorial, Is there a way to arrange the pages correctly without adding in a blank page? If my pages included a bleed, would it make the process difficult? I want to start creating CD booklets with saddle stitch.

[@MrGPSelvam]

Very Clear Ideas, its most useful

[@Sermed071]

I have a question about printing a booklet I have made a book but the pages are from 1-100 in order but I want to print A3 because I want to use stitch. In indesign the A3.

[@AnasAhmed-ib1my]

I did not use Indesign before for Printing, I use illustrator make custom bleeds and other methods for Booklet printing. But Indesign just make it more easier.

[@dv8media219]

Excellent video! You are a very good teacher! Thank You!

[@paulslater8053]

Absolutely fantastic tutorial.....Thanks so much....I'm subscribing.

[@designlikeapro]

Welcome to the Design Like a Pro fam! :)

[@paulslater8053]

Design Like a Pro Thank you...I must say your tutorials are the best by far that I've came across to-date....Great job.

[@shahadatakborshakit7390]

Thank you so much. You've earned my subscription.

[@rebeccachapman9060]

I really appreciate your youtube tutorial on creating a booklet in InDesign. If I wanted to make the pages staggered, would the process be similar to how its presented in the tutorial? I use a Mac and am not sure if I can use the booklet feature in InDesign if its staggered. Thanks.

[@emiliehaugen7168]

Wow! I like your edit!

[@sebastianuhlig6090]

Thanks for the video! Very helpful and easy to follow instructions

[@daniellevaughan2244]

how do i set up thw printer to only print alternate pages so i can feed the page back in to print on the back of the page ?

[@zuzanakeslerova9175]

Thank you very much for this tutorial. But I still struggle with an issue "multiple page sizes". But I have no idea why. because I use just one size of page. And in this case I can't print a booklet. Would you know what to do with that? I've double checked my document setup and all sizes of pages. Thank you again!

[@dr.ch13f11]

Composite CMYK option is disabled in Output - Color option ? ,, How can i fix this ?

[@Jaseinatl]

How do you print to your own printer? I have a booklet that's 5.5 x 8.5 so it can print 2 up on a letter page and I can't get it to print to my own printer double sided. I have tried 3 printers and they only come out single sided. Any suggestions?

[@beenblu]

I'm a GD student and am doing a zine project, but I'm working with the CC (most recent version). Any chance you could do an updated version?

[@kasunjayasinghe5791]

Thanks a lot. This really helped

[@anomissislady5149]

You saved my ife! :D Thank you so much. I started thinking that my Indesign is broken since it didn't work.

[@rommie4770]

I wonder whether you can do a tutorial on creating a cd booklet cover? I am a complete novice in Adobe

[@quinnnorman1024]

You are amazing!! Thank you!!

[@jay2theloo]

Life saver!

[@StumbleonTapes]

Hi, When I print to postscript it doesn't save the spreads as two pages (saves each page individually). This doesn't happen when I go directly to test print on my home printer. Trying to save the file to send to the printers. Driving me nuts, please help.

[@designlikeapro]

Did you ask the printer what they prefer? Most actually want publication pages as their own page, not in spreads. Spreads is more help to the designer than the printer. The postscript file isn't actually like your final PDF if you print to PDF from a PC. You need to use Distiller to format your final PDF as the postscript file won't have all those settings in place by itself.

[@StumbleonTapes]

Hmm, when I look at my preview everything looks perfect (like yours). But After I Distill the postscript file it only shows half the pages and they are all on there own individual page, does not look correct like the preview. - Does that sound correct? If so, what do I have to do after that.

[@designlikeapro]

It may be your settings in Distiller not matching up to your document page size. Did you catch my video about some common issues in Distiller: kzbin.info?o=U&video_id=clMuFDqqqLQ

[@norsaida1846]

If I want print first page from left side?? Like Arabic books

[@imamimroni8343]

How do u put the channel rack in the playlist

[@victorbodart4236]

Hi, thanks for the tutorial. I have an issue with a magazine project I’m working on. This magazine is 48 pages (covers included) and its gonna be bound with staples so I need to leave a creep, so I go to print booklet and set the value. The covers are black (front and back) and when I export to PDF it makes a white line between the front and back of the covers and I don’t want that. Do you know how can I solve this? Thanks in advance

[@chromakeyblue]

I am trying to make a booklet from my 8.5 x 11 inch sheet into four pages on a side, say 5.5 high by roughly 3.75 wide, printed on both sides. I have tried maybe 20 times and can’t figure it out. I want to make sure the margin on the left is only .5 inches or less and not to wide from the spine. I have a paper trimmer so I can trim on the right edge. I would kindly appreciate any help you have. The book is approximately 36 or 40 pages. Most sincerely Gene

[@designlikeapro]

You can send me the document you are trying to print to [e-mail] and I can look at your setup and suggest solutions from there. With the pages smaller than the sheet and the ability to trim, I'm guessing you are having trouble lining it all up correctly to fold when printing double-sided. It's much easier when you are filling the entire page size you have but I can look at the document you have now and see what settings you need to tweak.

[@marmeecruz6191]

Truly helpful, Nikki, thanks a lot! Kudos!

[@snoesje95]

so I want to print it in this way, but at my school we cannot print right from the computer. we have to upload the pdf file and then print it. if do this whole process it wont safe the pdf because it says that the printer wont work. so how can I avoid using the printing option but still use this way for making the magazine in a pdf file where the pages match.

[@paty_78]

Hi, I'm really learning with your tutorials. Let me ask you a question. After I checked all the settings to print it doesn't create a pdf to print later, what should I do? I have a PC. TIA

[@mijaresaldo]

Thank you very much! Such a time and resources savings method!

[@hammaadali561]

I have gain so much knowledge from this tutorial but I have a one confusion. You learnt that if you save pdf in booklet on pc then you can save (4X6 booklet default) and I will save pdf on mac I can change only (4X6 booklet default) into (postscript) file ? And other settings is remain same?

[@kimicat4102]

Hi! If i have a basic printer that only print single sides. How do i print out my booklet?

[@I-VisiBomb-I]

girl you literally saved me HOURS UPON HOURS of going back and forth checking if everything matches, this is a godsent video. I dont understand why they didn't show us this video day 1 in typography course, it boggles my mind...

[@andreastein3832]

I'm dating myself but when I started they had Adobe PageMaker - things are sooo much faster/easier now I can't even tell you ;)

[@briybutler]

This is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you!!

[@designlikeapro]

Thanks for watching!

[@abdulrahman-hj8fs]

How would you print on a machine that doesn't duplex? Is there a way to tell it to one set and then rerun it printing the pages it missed the first time around?

[@kjkkjjjjkjkkjkjj]

hey! i want to bind my booklet myself but i have too many pages to bind it into only one section. is it possible to create multiple sections?

[@Nieosoba]

OMG this is exactly what I needed to know, thanks!

[@designlikeapro]

Myśli złote albo niezłote Awesome!!! Glad it helped.

[@Tuza5]

Thank you for this helpful tutorial. I have a 52 page book i would like to print as a booklet. when I print the booklet on an HP8600, which allows for duplex printing, the back side is printed upside down. Can you help me resolve this issue? Thank you for any (more) help with printing my booklet.

[@designlikeapro]

This usually has to do with the binding setting on your printer. You usually have an option to bind on the left or top. This setting is somewhere in your print settings when you go to print. It's different for each printer. Try swapping this setting and see if it prints correctly.

[@AmieB2005]

It is nice and organized when you have elements within individual pages. Question is how do you deal with graphics that stretch the span of TWO pages? For example, a two page advert with a wide image. This will surely confuse InDesign's Print to Booklet feature.

[@designlikeapro]

Redbird Not at all. You would build your spread as you normally would and have the image fill where you want it to go. Don't split it up, actually size it to fill the desired space. InDesign creates the full spread just as it normally would when items are neatly on their own pages. Actually this method lines up spreads better for publications over individual PDFs for each page (common for magazine press productions). Since the pages aren't technically separated from the sheet/spread, the fold line is irrelevant at not lining up the image on both sides of the spread. Of course this all comes down to how your printer operates though. I've worked in both situations but more commonly with individual pages as PDFs. The image spanning both spreads is never 100% perfectly lined up in that case. Thanks for watching!

[@mickeymoso]

if you're on Mac skip to the end (postscript export)

[@RomboutVersluijs]

Ive made a book using the book option in indesign. Now i cant see this the preview using print booklet. I tried to merge the separate documents into 1 document but this messes up everything. It leaves me with 2 layouts and im able to merg them into one layout. I think it has something to do with shuffle page spreads in document settings. Do you know a better solution?

[@daphneb6334]

STILL helps! Thank you!

[@AstridRydenz]

Thank you! been struggling to figure out why the front and back cover won't preview together all day. Just added 2 pages and it's finally solved :)

[@adrianahorne9798]

Thank you for this great tutorial.

[@sarahoward1678]

what does ticking 'crop mark' do?

[@memeloulou1]

Great tutorial, very informative.

[@designlikeapro]

Thank you!

[@langbije]

Thanks for the great tute. One thing that seems tricky for me is to have my back cover line up on the correct page. I always seem to end up with a blank page on the back cover rather than what I want.

[@langbije]

+Bill Lang Just to clear that up - the back page is back page is blank and the image ends up on page 34 - even when I add empty pages on he end of the book. (It is a 36 pager with content only to page 33. The back cover should effectively be p 36

[@stinkstik]

How did you set up that Transparency preset to convert all text to outlines? I'm on a Mac.

[@designlikeapro]

I have a video all about that. Mac setup is the same as PC. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXa1mpScbKabj80 thanks for watching!

[@Lozinit]

Hi I'm having trouble understanding the apart where you create the cover, in other tutorials It's recommended to create an alternate document with it being slightly larger by a .25? Should I do that or will I be fine with my initial settings for my layout?

[@designlikeapro]

I usually don't need to create an additional document for my booklet covers, but I can see you would need to if you have a lot of pages. The extra .25" adds more room on the fold line for more pages. When in doubt ask your printer what they prefer.

[@katherineuhl2843]

Will this print double sided correctly?

[@heyvivian]

HELP!! i'm on a mac..when i save as postscript file to PDF, the page layout/orientation is messed up..

[@Cristini8]

Hi! I had a question! For my class, I need to print a booklet. However, my question is how do you rearrange the order of pages in the print? For example, for my project I need page 1 and page 2 one the same spread next to eachother. Thanks again! Wonderful video!

[@designlikeapro]

Print to booklet takes pages you design in order and places them in the correct layout order if you print your booklet in house/double-sided then sold the stack in half.

[@Cristini8]

Okay :D thanks! So I have to make a new document or can I just change the settings?

[@designlikeapro]

No, the video shows you how to do this with your existing document. Design the pages on the order you want. When you print to booklet you will see a preview of the spreads. You can change the page order around in the pages panel if you don't like something.

[@Cristini8]

Okay thank you so much for replying!!! You are the best! (:

[@wishforfantasy]

When i do this and open the file it chops half of my pages off, only showing the left pages cutting half of them off when i open it as a pdf

[@wishforfantasy]

+Emma Bailey can anyone help me with this ?

[@designlikeapro]

+Emma Bailey I have a tutorial here talking about this. If you are using Distiller it's because your page size isn't set up correctly.

[@rateesh13]

Thanks alot mam!! You saved me from lot of trouble!! Keep up the good work.. :)

[@Lav_plays_roblox]

When i pressed print it didnt make a pdf cause i dont have that setting of Printer:Adobe PDF and dont know how you get is. it immediatly printed is but not double sided

[@JF-he5rt]

Thank you! Exactly the information I needed!