
The Impositions Editor
Accessible through [Tools→Editors & Inspectors→Show Impositions Editor; ⌃⌥⌘I]
The Impositions Editor is used to create new and rename or modify existing imposition templates. An imposition template defines how a document's pages are laid out on and distributed among the sheets. When a PDFClerk document is saved, the active imposition template (if any) is saved with the file. If the file is subsequently opened on another system, the template will be imported if no equivalent template exists on the other system.
Template List. |
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The Template List lists all available templates. Select a template to edit it. Double click a template to change its name.
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Sheet Layout. |
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![]() Slots are laid out on the sheets in rows and columns. Here you define how the slots are laid out on the sheets.
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Slot Layout. |
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![]() Here you define the internal layout and the appearance of the slots.
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Finishing. |
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![]() Here you define which finishing marks are drawn. When active these settings override the equivalent document level settings.
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Page Distribution Matrix. |
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![]() The page distribution matrix hints how to distribute the source pages among the slots of each sheet. You define the page distribution for 1 sheet signatures. The page numbers entered here will be dynamically adjusted to account for the number of pages in each signature when a template is applied to a document.
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Step and Repeat. |
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![]() Use these control to define a step and repeat layout. There is great flexibility in defining patterns. Easily repeat a single page many times over, or create more complex rules in multi-page documents.
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Display Boxes. |
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![]() Use these controls to specify the creation of the PDF display boxes of imposed layouts (except the media box which is fixed to the sheet size). PDF display boxes for the non-imposed layout are derived from the display box settings of the individual source pages.
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Sheet Metrics. |
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![]() Use these controls to specify sheet size and margins on even and odd sheets. If the sheet size is left at zero width and height, the sheet size is derived from the document settings. When the sheet size is not zero, the template settings override the document settings. |
Folding Indexes. |
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![]() Use these controls to specify the number of times to apply the creep factor to each slot resp. horizontally and vertically. The values can be set separately for the front and back side of a sheet. |