LESSON 2
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Defining Paragraph Formats
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In the Room for Side Heads area, change Width to 92 and Gap to 14.
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Click Update Entire Flow. All the text moves into the right side of the text frame. The
side-head area appears to the left, but it’s empty. Next, you’ll change the format of the
headings so that they extend across or move into the side-head area.
Every commercial printing job requires that
you consider a complex set of variables rang-
ing from what your budget and schedule allow
to how the paper stock and printing press affect
your final output. The earlier you think about
these variables, the more control you’ll have
over the quality, cost, and schedule of your
project.
Planning and evaluation
Preparing a publication for commercial print-
ing takes careful thought: both imagesetters
and commercial printing presses have inherent
limitations, and it’s possible to create publica-
tions that are difficult to print on either an
imagesetter or a printing press. By thinking of
your design and production cycles as steps in a
larger process, you can make choices that will
let you work more efficiently and help you
achieve the best printed results.
Before going to a commercial printer with your
project, you need to evaluate your skills, your
schedule, and your equipment to determine
what tasks you will do and what services you
will contract.
In addition to choosing a commercial printer,
you may need to select a prepress service pro-
vider to image color separations, scan continu-
ous-tone art, and trap and impose your
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