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After you have merged and aligned the document, it is ready for impositioning. While impositioning you will be working within an Acrobat plug-in called PDF Snake that was installed during the Proofer installation process.

The following steps show a typical impositioning process; however, you can change the options to accommodate your specific situation.

1.From the Proofer Job menu, select Open for impositioning.

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Job Menu - Open for Impositioning

 

2.The output PDF file (already merged and aligned) is opened in Acrobat. From the Impositioning menu (within Acrobat), select Impose...

 

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Acobat impositioning Menu - Impose...

 

3.The One-Step Impose dialog box opens. Here we will indicate the paper size. In our example we will specify a custom size of 17x11 inches.
a.Starting with the Paper tab, select Custom from the Paper Size dropdown menu.
b.Ensure that the Units dropdown box has inches selected.

c.        Set the Width to 17" and the Height to 11".

 

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PDF Snake: One-Step Impose-Paper Tab

 

4.Next, select the Scale tab. For our example we will not require scaling. Select the No Scaling radio button.

 

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PDF Snake: One-Step Impose-Scale Tab

 

 

5.The next step is to select the Layout tab. Set up our sample book for:
•two columns
•one row
•no margins
•no gutters and
•2 up (repeat each page 2x)

 

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PDF Snake: One-Step Impose-Layout Tab

 

 

6.Select the Crop Marks tab. For our example Draw Crop Marks is unselected.

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PDF Snake: One-Step Impose-Crop Marks Tab

 

 

7.Select the Bleeds tab. Ensure that the No Bleeds radio button is selected for our example.

 

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PDF Snake: One-Step Impose-Bleeds Tab

 

 

8.Now we will save our settings by typing in a descriptive name within the Name dropdown box and clicking Ok.

 

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PDF Snake: One-Step Impose

 

 

9.Adobe Acrobat now displays your document with your specified imposition settings. From the View menu in Adobe Acrobat, select Zoom To... Ctrl+M. This opens the Zoom To dialog box.

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Adobe Acrobat: View: Zoom To...

10.From the Zoom To dialog box, select 25% from the Magnification dropdown menu. Then select Ok.

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Zoom To Dialog Box

 

       

11.Important: After impositioning, Acrobat will create a file called "Untitled". You must save this file before closing Acrobat. From the Impositioning menu in Acrobat, select Save to Elan Proofer. This saves the file to the 04_Imposed folder inside your current job folder and closes it in Acrobat.

 

 

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Save to Elan Proofer

 

13.Close Adobe Acrobat and return to Proofer. Proofer will detect the presence of the PDF file in the 04_Imposed directory and present a dialog box where you can choose whether or not to rasterize the imposed PDF file. This is only needed to set up a new layout and to raise confidence in the process by providing the same raster proofing tools used in the previous steps.

 

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Impositioning Dialog

The saved imposed PDF file is ready to be printed and archived.

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