2020

DOCUMENT CONSTRUCTION
Specify other print settings as usual, or choose an option from the Print Style 5.
drop-down menu. All the pages or chapters will print with these settings.
Click OK. QuarkXPress will open all the chapters, print them, and then close
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each chapter. If a chapter is missing or in use by someone else, then the book
will not print.
In fields that require you to enter page numbers (for example, the Print dialog box),
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you must enter the complete page number, including any prefix, or an absolute
page number. An absolute page number is a page’s actual position relative to the
first page of a document, regardless of the way in which the document is sectioned.
To specify an absolute page number in a dialog box, precede the number you enter
with a plus (+) sign. For example, to display the first page in a document, enter
“+1.”
Generate a PDF from a Book
The Book palette provides a quick method for producing a PDF. You can produce a
single PDF based on the entire book or separate PDF’s of selected chapters. To
produce a PDF:
Make sure the chapters you want be in the PDF have a status of Available or
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Open. You cannot use chapters that are listed as Missing or are currently in use
by other users.
To include the entire book, make sure no chapters are selected. To choose one
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chapter, click it. To select consecutive chapters, press Shift while you click them.
To select nonconsecutive chapters, press Command/Ctrl while you click them.
Next to the Export as PDF button is the Single File check box :
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Check the check box to generate a single PDF for all or selected chapters. •
You will be prompted to enter a file name for the PDF.
Leave the check box unchecked to generate multiple PDFs per chapter. You •
will be prompted to enter a file name for the PDF and the first chapter is
exported with the given name and subsequent chapters use the same name
with the suffix _002, _003 etc.
Click the Export as PDF button in the Book palette to display the Export as
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PDF dialog box.
To print all the pages in all the selected chapters, choose All from the Pages
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drop-down menu.
Choose an option from the PDF Style drop-down menu. All the pages or
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chapters will print with these settings.
Check the Open PDF after Export check box to open the PDF after the file has
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been exported.
Click Options to specify the other PDF output options.
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Click OK. QuarkXPress will open all the chapters, produce the PDF, and then 9.
close each chapter. If a chapter is missing or in use by someone else, then the
PDF will not be created.
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