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Tips
and Tricks: Page Size
I
was recently sitting with a friend at their computer helping them
prepare their text for a press run. It wasn’t a big thing but in
a couple of key strokes (literally) I took their 8.5 x 11 document
and resized it to what they wanted as the finished trim size.
“Wow!
How did you do that!?” was their remark.
With
more and more people preparing their own text for a press run,
it’s absolutely imperative that they don’t make a pdf of
the default page size of 8.5 x 11 (unless that’s your desired
finish size, of course).
If
you call for a bid, one of the first questions you’ll be asked
is how many pages and what the finished trim size is. If you say,
“I have 150 pages on my computer (default 8.5 x 11) but I want
my book to be 8.5 x 5.5.” Then you can see you shouldn’t be
asking for a bid for 150 pages. Those extra words have to go
somewhere and it’ll be out the back in extra pages.
Size
your book to your desired page size before requesting a bid. I
understand the need to give it to the proof reader 8.5 x 11 double
spaced, but then quickly as possible get your page sized to the
finished trim size.
Where
do you set the page size?
Since
most of you are using MS Office 2007, it’s the third tab called Page
Layout, third icon called Size, go to the bottom and look
for More Sizes. Go here and custom set your width and height
as 6 x 9 or 5.5 x 8.5 or whatever you want your finished book to be.
In other programs look for Document Setup (like Quark or InDesign).
RED
FLAG: if you have Section Breaks, you may need to either tell the
section to be like your previous one, or kill the Section Breaks and
use Page Breaks instead.
Disclaimer: Not
responsible for advice, ideas, suggestions and/or
programs. By
mentioning these programs or any other program, I’m in no way
endorsing these or any other programs for you and/or your project.
Any advice, ideas or suggestions and/or programs mentioned are
considered my opinion only and am considered not liable. Not
responsible for sales or lack of sales of your project.
Brian@SunriseBooks.com
SunrisePublishing@gmail.com |
