Calendar creation

[BranderChatfield@adobeforums.com]

I've started working on a calendar yesterday. Perused this forum for InDesign calendar tips, hoping for THE solution for calendar spreads. I see everyone else desires the same as well. I got to pondering last night... Sure, InDesign could upgrade their program to include this feature. BUT, of course a but. Look at all the other software and equipment that would need to be upgraded as well. Or can it already be done. Such as printing out one saddle-stitched proof from the office copy machine? Would they be able to handle a booklet in such a fashion with the saddle stitch at the top of the document, or rotating the layout to match the correct saddle stitching, etc? Just a ponder... Happy Weekend to all the Graphics Wranglers out there.

--Kevin

[Jeffrey_Smith@adobeforums.com]

For production purposes, a calendar is no different than any other book. If you look at a calendar in a portrait manner, the only difference is the content is rotated 90. For design purposes however, the nature of the orientation it is a bit cumbersome.

I handle calendars in the following manner: Create a 11W x 17H master document that is basically a reader spread - top portion for photo, bottom portion for calendar grid. All changes performed to this document.

The file that will get sent to printer is from a second Indesign production document, made as 8.5W x 11H facing pages, master page containing a 11W x 17H frame, rotated 90 counterclockwise. Create a PDF from master document. Place master PDF into production document, and then the file sent to printer is single page PDF from this document.

The file used for proofing is made from production document. Use Inbooklet or impostion script to create printer spreads. This can produce a duplexed proof of calendar.