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Define your document
During the 'Define your document' phase you define how your document should look like. At the
end of this phase the layout of your document is correct.
Assign media to pages
In most cases, you can assign media to the selected pages that differs from the media in your
document. However, it is not always possible to have different media sizes in your document, for
example, when your document is a booklet. In this case, a warning can appear. You are asked if
you want to convert all pages of the document to the new media size.
If the [Document type] is [Booklet], the media is assigned to the selected page(s), or to the
sheet(s) of the selected pages. This behavior is defined by setting [Assign pick list media for
folded sheets] in Define the application options on page 18.
1. Select the pages.
2. Click [Pages] - [Assign media] and select a media from the pick list. Or:
Click [Pages] - [Assign media] - [From media catalogue] . Then, select a media from the
catalog.
• You can select option [Assign to whole sheets] in the [Media Catalog]. The selected media
is then assigned to all pages that are positioned to the same sheet(s) as the selected
page(s).
3. Define the page size, if required. The [Page size] dialog opens if the size of the assigned media
is not equal to the size of the selected page(s).
• [Keep page size]
Select this option to keep the page size of the original media. Use this option when you
want to print the page on a larger media size and cut it afterwards. For example:
You select four pages with a media size of A4. You assign 228x305mm media to the
selected pages. You select the [Keep page size] option. For each page, the original page
size is kept. In the [Structure] view, column [Page size] has value A4 for the selected pages.
The [Preview] view displays the four pages as A4.
NOTE
The [Keep page size] option is disabled when you assign a smaller media to the
selected page(s).
• [Change page size]
Select this option to change the page size of the original media into the page size of the
assigned media. For example:
You select four pages with a media size of A4. You assign A3 media to the selected pages.
You select the [Change page size] option. You do not select the [Scale pages] option. For
each page, the original page size is changed into the page size of the assigned media. The
content of the pages is not scaled to fit the assigned media size. In the [Structure] view,
column [Page size] has value A3 for the selected pages. The [Preview] view displays the
four pages as A3.
• [Scale pages]
Select this option to scale the content of the original pages to the size of the assigned
media. For example:
You select four pages with a media size of A4. You assign A3 media to the selected pages.
You select the [Change page size] option. You select the [Scale pages] option. For each
page, the original page size is changed into the page size of the assigned media. The
content of the pages is scaled to fit the assigned media size. In the [Structure] view, column
[Page size] has value A3 for the selected pages. The [Preview] view displays the four pages
as A3.
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Chapter 6 - The [Document] workspace
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