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: InDesign: correct page order for printing tri-fold brochure I have designed a trifold brochure spanning 6 spreads in InDesign using individual pages. My print-shop tells me I have to arrange them

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I have designed a trifold brochure spanning 6 spreads in InDesign using individual pages. My print-shop tells me I have to arrange them into two pages (each containing three of my spreads), one being the outside and one being the inside. (I hope 1. I am using the term spread and page correctly, 2. one can follow my description).

I did find out, that you can use the "print booklet" feature to "convert" my document as if I had only worked with two pages from the beginning on. However here is my problem: The pages are not in the right order.

My print-shop told me the order has to be Spread 5, 6, 1 for the "outside" and 2, 3, 4 for the "inside".

However for me it is 1,2,3 and 4,5,6:



Is there a way to change the page order in the "print-booklet" dialogue, or do I have to do this "manually" by reordering the pages in my project.

I think this might be the dialog where I can define my own order? However things are greyed out ...


I am very new to this whole "print thing", so please forgive me any errors concerning usage of terms, etc.
Also I really hope this question has not already been asked, but I could not find anything.

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@Pierce403

File > Document Setup > Uncheck Facing pages
Pages panel: deselect Allow Document Pages To Shuffle
Pages panel: drag and arrange pages in order to have 2-3-4 and 5-6-1
Pages panel: right click on page 2, go to Numbering Options : Tick Start Page Numbering At 2 (
Pages panel: right click on page 1, go to Numbering Options : Tick Start Page Numbering At 1


Finally export as a PDF and tick Spreads

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@Voss6371140

What they are asking is correct. Normally when preparing such artwork for print, you shuffle the artwork for production. You probably need to deliver a PDF with 2 pages, each with a size 3 times as wide as your single-page size. And yes you need to move the artwork around so you have single pages 5,6,1 on the first 3x page, and single pages 2,3,4 on the second 3x page.

Again. Dont set this up as 6 pages. Create a new document with 2 pages (not facing) and set their width to 3x your "normal" page size. Your final PDF should be 2 large pages (3x) with no spreads.

I also googled and found this post which gives more detail.

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