: Print a document with three pages per spread I am trying to configure a fairly complex document in InDesign. A document would need to have 3 pages per spread, should start from a first single

@Berryessa866

You can create multiple page spreads by deselecting "Allow Document Pages to Shuffle" inthe Pages panel menu and rearranging your pages in the Pages panel.

From InDesign Help / Create a multiple-page spread:


To allow the creation of spreads of more than two pages in the entire document and to preserve those spreads when you add, remove, or arrange preceding pages, deselect Allow Document Pages To Shuffle on the Pages panel menu

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@Kaufman565

I could not find an answer to my solution so I have fiddled a little bit with scripting in the InDesign. I have created a JavaScript function that does the job, exactly what I needed. If someone is interested in the solution, this is my script:



// Shuffle pages to make a complex structure: 2 pages bound, 2 pages folded, 2 pages bound, 2 pages folded, and so on.

main();

function main() {
var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
var myPages = myDoc.pages;

var extrapages = myPages.length % 6;

if (extrapages > 0) {
for(var c = 0; c < extrapages; c++) {
myPages.add();
}
}

var offset = 1;
for(var c = 0; c < myPages.length/6; c++) {
myPages.item(offset+4).move(LocationOptions.AFTER, myPages.item(offset+1));
offset = offset + 6;
}
}


Note: The script adds a few pages so that their number is a multiple of six to avoid errors if I refer to a page number that does not exist. That's the drawback. I don't know how to handle errors :)

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