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imposepro [2021/12/05 08:41] – [Imposition Plus for Adobe Illustrator] o2wikiimposepro [2021/12/05 08:56] – [Step by Step workflow for using PDF files] o2wiki
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-====== Imposition Plus for Adobe Illustrator ======+===== Imposition Plus for Adobe Illustrator =====
  
 Imposition Plus works by taking your current document and converting your selected artwork or Artboards into multi-page impositions including gang-up and duplex options.  Imposition Plus works by taking your current document and converting your selected artwork or Artboards into multi-page impositions including gang-up and duplex options. 
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-====== We strongly recommend using a Linked PDF workflow when using ImposePlus ======+===== We strongly recommend using a Linked PDF workflow when using ImposePlus =====
  
 Imposing live native editable artwork can result in a number of issues, you can make ImposePlus a lot more reliable by imposing linked files and not native art Imposing live native editable artwork can result in a number of issues, you can make ImposePlus a lot more reliable by imposing linked files and not native art
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   - Export your document as a PDF file as if you were going to print it not imposed, include Bleed etc.   - Export your document as a PDF file as if you were going to print it not imposed, include Bleed etc.
   - I recommend either   - I recommend either
-    - Using a PDFX setting like PDF-X1a (for CMYK Flattened files) or PDF-X4  +    - **Using a PDFX setting like PDF-X1a (for CMYK Flattened files) or PDF-X4** which turns off Illustrator Editing Capabilities by default 
-    - Turn off "Perverse Illustrator Editing Capabilities"+    - Save a PDF you normally would but **Turn off "Perverse Illustrator Editing Capabilities"**
   - Close the document   - Close the document
-  - Open the document in Illustrator , and you will get the PDF import Dialogue below +  - Open the document in Illustrator, and you will get the PDF import Dialogue belowMake sure you choose: 
-    - Make sure you tick  +    - **Page Rage: ALL** 
-    - Page Rage : ALL +    **Check Import as Links** 
-  - Check Import as Links +
   - If the document opens as normal editable Illustrator file, the PDF file still has "Perverse Illustrator Editing Capabilities" enabled, you will need to re-export or   - If the document opens as normal editable Illustrator file, the PDF file still has "Perverse Illustrator Editing Capabilities" enabled, you will need to re-export or
     - Alternative  Option 1 : Use the Power Scripts Multi-page PDF importer script to import a PDF file as linked pages.     - Alternative  Option 1 : Use the Power Scripts Multi-page PDF importer script to import a PDF file as linked pages.
-    - Alternative Option 2:  Open the file in Acrobat, and Optimise the file, disable all optimisations except to removing all Meta data and save the optimised file - this will delete out the Editable AI part of the PDF file.+    - Alternative Option 2:  Open the file in Acrobat, and Optimise the file, disable all optimisations except to removing all Meta data and save the optimised file - this will delete out the Editable AI part of the PDF file. Repeat step 4
   - You document will now be 12 pages for example, with every 'page' an individual linked PDF page (and not editable)   - You document will now be 12 pages for example, with every 'page' an individual linked PDF page (and not editable)
   - Use ImposePlus as usual, and it will be a lot more reliable   - Use ImposePlus as usual, and it will be a lot more reliable