Benefits of Auto Publish

Auto Publish can be used to:

  • Create a print ready PDF directly from your flatplan
  • View and check artwork is print ready
  • Automatically trim and automatically resize artwork without having to request a graphic designer to do this for you.
  • Set all your footers on the flatplan

  

Setting up Auto Publish          

We’ve created a quick start for you to get going with Auto Publish:

  1. Set up - Page Layout
  2. Flat Planning with Auto Publish 
  3. Checking your publication and marking pages as complete 
  4. Create the final PDF 
  5. Settings that are used by AutoPublish 
     

1) Set Up - Page Layout 

Auto-Publish is automatically switched on for you within MagManager.

If you are publishing an A5 magazine we have created default Page Layouts and Advert Sizes that should work for your publication, based on the following settings: 

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The Page Layouts & Advert Sizes are explained fully in section 5 (Settings that are used by AutoPublish), but unless you’re really keen to understand the inner workings of Auto-Publish, you shouldn’t need to look at them. 

If you are NOT publishing an A5 magazine, give us a call and we’ll help you through setting up the hard stuff!

 

Page Layouts 

Page Layouts can be viewed by going to the main settings page > Under Publication & Settings > Select Page Layouts. 

 

Advert sizes can be viewed by going to the main settings page > Under Publications & bookings > Select any publication name > Select the Defaults tab > Scroll down to the Content Defaults section.

NOTE: Enabled adverts apply across ALL Publication in the account.

The way Auto Publish works, the dimensions of the advert, plus the page margins and spacing between the adverts must add up to the total page size.  So it's important the page layout and advert sizes are set up correctly.