Use the Layouts Search tool to quickly find a suitable fold pattern or template for creating a press-run layout. When you use fold patterns, you can also change the default page and sheet sizes as needed.

  1. On the Layouts pane, click the Search tool.
    The search options that appear depend on whether you already used this tool.
  2. If no criteria selection list appears, click [+].
  3. In the criteria selection list, choose Page Count, and specify how many page positions are required in the layout.
    This filters the lists in the Layouts pane.
  4. Click [+] as needed to add criteria and narrow the search results. You can specify:
  5. Review the filtered list of layouts.
  6. If the results are not satisfactory, repeat the search with different criteria. You can:
  7. Select a Templates or Fold Patterns layout, and drag it to the press sheet.
  8. In the Press Runs List, select the press run.
  9. In the Properties pane, select the Auto Select Signature check box.
  10. Drag the customer's PDF file from its folder location or the Files list to the low-folio position of the imposition.
  11. In the workspace, check and adjust the layouts and trims as needed.
    If you used a fold pattern, you can edit individual head, foot, face, spine, and lip trims. If you used a template, you can edit one gutter to apply the same gutter width to every page in the page grid.
  12. In the Marks list, select and double-click marks or a mark group to add them to the currently selected press-run layout.
    The mark name remains highlighted in the Marks list until you delete or edit the placed instance of this mark.