[squire2k]

right, up and till now ive been busking print jobs using illustrator - which is bad news when it comes to things like 20 page A4 brochures etc, so moving over to quark (i know i should use InDesign, but just landed a new job where they use Quark)...

couple of questions...

say i have a 4 page booklet, in illustrator, i'd set up 2 docs, both A3, the first doc being the back side on the left, the front on the right... the second doc page 1 on left, and page 2 on right... obviously this is a gay way of doing things :-)

so in quark, would i just have 4 A4 pages and work on them independantly, or again would i set up 2 A3 docs...

or shall i just do it however and let the printers sort it all out

also... say im doing an oversized A4 folder with a flap, in quark, do i just set up a 1 large page (enough for 2 A4 sides, capacitors and flap) - and overlay a cutter guide in a layer imported from illustrator?

ahhhhh print :-)

[Alexanda]

Set up the page how it would be printed, if would be better if you set them as 2 A3 docs as it means less hassle for your printer. I made a folder/slipcase a while ago, I set up the doc so it would fit the whole folder and then marked the areas to be diecut.

[squire2k]

hmm cheers thats what i thought - but what if ts a 20 pager....just not bother and set them up as a4... page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... etc

[Alexanda]

It all depends on binding as well, you can get them bound as single sheets or dps. You need to create a mock-up first, then you will understand the page running order.