To give you illustrator software users to detailed analysis to share the implementation of the paging function tutorial.
For the vector mapping software to understand a friend, must know illustrator no similar coredraw, PageMaker and other typesetting software interface under the status bar (figure I), but this does not mean that illustrator can not make pagination Oh!
On the contrary illustrator make the printing imposition is very comfortable, still do not know this function friend, may as well follow Relen together to see!
Adobe Illustrator has been set up from earlier versions
Page tool, when we select it to move on the page, it produces a situation like Figure II, Tu San.
Figure II
Figure Three
TIP: The page collage tool does not have a shortcut key. The [H] key is first converted to
Small hand tool, press and hold "ALT" + Mouse click Tool Bar Hand tool, you can
And
Transform between the tools.
Usually when we do a diagram, we can take no account of the artboard area and the page tile area at all. Select menu: View > Hide artboard, you can hide the artboard line, select View > Hidden page tile, you can hide the dotted line of the page tile. (Figure IV)
Figure Four
Now let's see what the page Tile tool can do for us.
Select menu: File > Document settings or "ctrl+alt+ P" to open the text block settings panel (figure V).
As shown in Figure five, click the following steps:
① Select a custom artboard area size.
② fill in the "Four Open" dimension 44cmx59cm and define the direction as vertical.
③ Click "Tile Complete Page".
will appear in Figure six page situation, reduce the view to 35% display, we can see four page area, at the same time can see each page imposition the bottom left corner of the page number character.
1, if your workspace does not appear in Figure VI, please see if your collage dotted line position is on the edge of the artboard. No, select the tile tool to move the dotted line to the edge of the artboard, as shown in Figure six.
2, if you still do not appear in Figure VI, please open the Document Set face version "ctrl+alt+ P" (Figure Nine), select Letter (stationery) option. Because the size of the artboard must meet the size of four versions to display correctly.
Place the created graphic into the page tile area (Figure seven), which becomes four pages.
At this point, open the text to set the face version of "ctrl+alt+ P", the tile option to tile print area. is generated as shown in Figure eight. At this point we can see that the white space is also divided and marked with a page number.
Figure Eight
Select menu: File > Print settings or "ctrl+shift+ P", open the Print Setup surface (Figure Nine), overwrite the size of the paper options Envelope C5, the page tile size will be changed (Figure 10).
Select again
Page tool, drag it in the artboard (Figure 11), and the page tile segmentation is changed (Figure 12).
Figure 11
Figure 12
TIP: The document settings and print settings are different, if you change one, you need to update the other.
You can see that the size of the region in Figure 12 is uneven, what is the use of this unfinished page tile? Regular printing friends will understand that the printing of the open type is fixed (2 open, 4 open, etc.), and we sometimes design special size works, in order to achieve the perfect effect, or a certain visual needs. This allows you to find too many white areas around by using a collage complete page. Using the collage print area, you can show the white areas of the left side, this is our plan for these corners, we can follow this version of the printed with some business cards, or bookmarks and other small items.
Be sure to make a cutting mark before you take it to the printing plant.
See here, you will not feel so long the face of the dotted line suddenly become very useful. In addition to this approach, third party software developers have also developed the ability to illustrator paging. Here Relen also introduces an plug-ins.
Relen find a lot of 8/9 version of the plug-in, version 10 most of them are no longer needed, but hot Door several plug-ins, are very useful. Recommend you go to its website to see (http://www.hotdoor.com/), if you are interested in them, you can download their demo version trial. Here is the so-called paging plug-in is MultiPage. Since Relen is loaded with MultiPage for Adobe Illustrator 9, it may not be as powerful as the version described on its web site. But we can still see how it works.
Skip how to install this plugin (you can view Relen other work diaries). Reboot illustrator, select menu: Window >show MultiPage can open MultiPage surface version. After placing a piece with four layers, we can see that the number of pages in the MultiPage surface is equal to the layer tree. (Figure 13)
Figure 13
After clicking Page 3, we found that the layer control surface version in addition to Layer 3, the other layer display is closed. Only the image in Layer 3 is in the picture. (Figure 14) This shows that this multipage paging functionality is dependent on the layer to be implemented. If you need this function for your work, you can find the version 9 MultiPage installation. Relen has been tested.
Figure 14
Now let's take a closer look at this plug-in tool. (Figure 15)
② Mouse Point live Direct Selection tool, then appear
Page count down menu, you can select the page directly (that is, layer).
③ Point Selection
After the pop-up
Insert the page selection box, we can choose to insert a new page before or after the first few pages.
④ Click Expand Palette Option, expand Drop-down Menu
。
Ⅰgo to page: directly to the page number, when a lot of pages, such as the production of the VIS Handbook, this option is very useful.
Ⅱmultipage Setup: Paging setup. You can set page margins, single sided pages, and page controls to select items. (Figure 16)
Ⅲexpand page Numbers: Number of pages extended
As shown in Figure 16, there are three layers in the layer version: the left master page, the right master page, the left-hand control (plus layer), and the right-hand control (plus layer). At the same time, the ⑥ area is activated in the MultiPage surface version. (Figure 17)
As shown in Figure 17, when we select the second page in the MultiPage, it belongs to the left page and the level version shows two layers, one: the layer that the second page points to, and the contents of the bird skeleton. The second is the left Muster page control layer, which displays the red wireframe on the page, with the number of page numbers appearing. The number of pages is changed with the numerical value in the MultiPage surface version. If we do not want to use this feature, you can turn off Usage page number in the Master (page control) selection in Figure 16.
Tip: Install this plug-in, loaded with multi-layer illustrations, only display the first page content, that is, the first layer. Relen is very disgusted with this function.
Looking at Figure 18, when you select the third page, the page number, layer, and left and right page boxes all change.
When printing, select menu: File >print multiple pages, and choose to print the first few pages to the first few pages, click to print, you will explore the print Setup surface version, continue to print:
Here, about the use of illustrator Seihan, as well as the use of layer paging principle of the multiple add-efficiency filter is finished. Depending on your personal habits and job requirements, you can choose the right software to make the imposition, as well as the paging function.
Almost forgot, the use of multiple can also output multiple pages of PDF, I hope to help you. Select menu: File > Output, and select PDF document format, pop-up Export multiple Page PDF dialog box. (Figure 19)
Okay, the above information is small make up to you illustrator of this software users brought to the detailed implementation of the paging function of the full content of the tutorial to share, you see the software users here, small series believe that everyone now that is very clear tutorial it, I hope the tutorials above can bring useful help to the users.
