4) Create the final PDF
Once you have checked and corrected your pages using the preview, you can now create your print ready PDF.
Go to the Flatplan Overview.
Click on Auto-Publish Options; a pop up window will display.
Click on Auto-Publish; the Create Layout File pop up window will display.
Select pages to create, we would recommend you do this in 2 files if your magazine is over 80 pages as it does take some time to create and the files can be very large. The example below will create a PDF containing pages 1-20 of your publication, Click Create.
This will generate a print-ready PDF file that will be downloaded to your computer, ready to send to your printer.
A ninja will appear on screen, it will disappear once the process is complete, and a green ’file created’ notification bar appear will flash across the top of your screen. The file should either be downloading (or be downloaded) to the ‘downloads folder’ on your computer.
Create Individual Files as Zip - There is also the option to 'Create Individual Files as Zip' this downloads a zip file containing each page as an individual PDF. To use this option you must enter the page range in the format 1-48 (no spaces) in the 'Select Pages to Create' field, otherwise the downloaded zip file will be blank.
