Operation Manual

Note: Although you can create books larger than 99 pages, there is a 99-page limit for
books ordered through the Apple print vendor. When you try to order a book larger than
99 pages, a dialog warns you that there are too many pages. If you plan to print a book
using the Apple print vendor, make sure to keep the number of pages at or below the
99-page limit.
If you prefer to print your books yourself, you can print your book using your own office
printer or export your book as a PDF file that you can send to a print shop for printing.
Planning Your Book
The amount of planning and work involved in creating a book varies with the type of
project. If you’re creating wedding photo albums, you may be primarily concerned with
creating a reusable book design into which you can quickly place images that tell the
wedding story. The end result may be one or several printed copies per project.
On the other hand, producing a large book, such as a coffee table book, may require a
good deal of planning, writing, design, page composition, proofing, and production work.
In addition, you’ll want to look ahead and decide how the manuscript should be printed
and bound, the number of copies for the print run, and what copyright and permissions
information your book should include.
For relatively simple books, here are some of the typical steps in the publishing process.
Stage 1: Planning Your Book’s Cover
Choose a cover image and decide what text should appear on the cover.
Stage 2: Creating Copyright Notices
Create any copyright or permissions notices you need.
Stage 3: Creating a Book Album
Create a book album and choose a theme for your book.
Stage 4: Choosing the Book’s Images
Place the book’s images in the book album and arrange them in the Browser in the order
in which they should appear in the book. Don’t place the images on your pages yet.
Stage 5: Specifying the Book’s Settings
Specify any overall settings for the book, such as size, hardcover or softcover binding,
page numbering, and so on.
Stage 6: Creating the Book’s Pages
Create the number of pages you need and apply master page designs to them.
Stage 7: Placing Images in the Book
Have Aperture automatically place your images, or drag the images onto your pages.
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