More Impositions Assignment Palette

This palette can only be used in Expert mode.

This palette is used to assign pages to more imposition types. The only two active controls on this palette are Automatic page assignment and Set number of sheets. Other features serve informational and navigational use only (e.g. switching to the previous and following imposition). Pages are placed so that, if possible, the impositions for which the number is set are filled (according to the order of impositions). Without the set number, there should be at most one imposition (it may or may not be the last), for which the number of sheets will be calculated automatically. The function also affects working with signatures: if Auto page assignment is not enabled, individual impositions and the signatures within them are completely independent. If it is enabled, signatures can carry over from one imposition to another (depending on the number of sheets in the imposition and in the signature). However, within each imposition the setting for the number of sheets per signature still applies, which can be useful when some signatures should have a different number of sheets.

If Automatic page assignment is enabled it affects all pages on the Pages for Imposition Palette, not just pages for the active imposition – pages are divided into impositions automatically and controlled by this palette, specifically by the setting of the maximal number of sheets. Some parameters are common in this mode for all impositions (page repetition, repeat mode of custom objects, uniform back side). Note: the page order on the Info Palette is meant with respect to this imposition (in the second and subsequent imposition it starts again from 1, does not continue in the order of pages on the Pages Palette).

Example: The cover of a brochure can be imposed separately in the first imposition, the next imposition can contain the inside of the brochure which will be processed by 'cross-fold' and the last imposition can contain the rest of the brochure processed by 'work and turn'. This can be done by limiting number of sheets to 1. Then, in the second imposition, 'cross fold' is selected. If the sheet is filled as desired (depending on the amount of pages for imposition) you are done. If, however, you want to impose some of the pages on a smaller sheet or for 'work and turn' you need to limit the amount of sheets for this imposition and add another imposition, where you select the imposition you desire (e.g. 'work and turn').

The same result can be obtained by disabling automatic page assignment and manually assigning pages to positions (first and last page to the first imposition, inside to the second, and the rest to the third). However, it is more labor-intensive and more prone to errors when determining on which imposition the pages are placed.