Starting with the very first page, use a pen or pencil to sequentially number each page of the booklet from 1 to 8. Position the mock-up so that the booklet's spine is on your left and the open edges of the pages are on your right. The folded crease will form the booklet's spine. Keeping the two sheets together, fold them in half. First, place one sheet of paper directly on top of another sheet. You can prove this to yourself by creating a simple mock-up of an 8-page booklet. Instead, they are placed in an arrangement that will allow them to end up in correct numerical order once the pages are folded and bound into a saddle-stitched booklet. Unlike Reader Spreads, the pages shown in Printer Spreads are not in numerical order. Printer Spreads display the booklet's pages as they will actually print side-by-side on a sheet (see Illustration B). (The only exception is a 4-page saddle-stitched booklet, which will have pages 2 and 3 printed side by side). These two pages will be on separate sheets. You can verify this by examining pages 2 and 3 of virtually any printed saddle-stitched booklet. However, 99% of the time pages 2 and 3 are not printed side-by-side. This is because the pages of a saddle-stitched booklet aren't actually printed in the arrangement shown in the Reader Spreads illustration.įor example, the illustration shows pages 2 and 3 right next to each other.
However, submitting a file in this manner will likely cause a huge headache for your printer. With the exception of the first page and the last page, notice that the Reader Spreads present two opposing pages side-by-side (such as how pages 2 and 3, pages 4 and 5, and pages 6 and 7 are shown in the illustration). Illustration A shows how Reader Spreads will look for an 8-page saddle-stitched booklet. The main purpose of Reader Spreads is to help visualize how the page layout will look once the booklet is bound. Hence, Reader Spreads position the booklet's pages in ascending numerical order. Because printing presses and production methods vary from print shop to print shop, do not automatically set up your booklet file in a particular spread or configuration without first consulting the printer you intend to use for producing your booklet.Īs its name suggests, Reader Spreads show the pages in the order they will appear to the reader of the saddle-stitched booklet.
SADDLE STAPLED SOFTWARE
The software you use to create the booklet will likely give you file layout choices, such as Reader Spreads or Printer Spreads. Needless to say, creating the layout file properly at the onset will help optimize your booklet's press run…saving time, effort, and expense for all involved. Even if a page in the booklet is blank, it still counts as a page.
All saddle-stitched booklets must contain 4 pages, 8 pages, 12 pages, 16 pages, 20 pages, 24 pages and so on.
It is not possible to create a 7-page, 10-page, or 25-page saddle-stitched booklet. This means the page count of every saddle-stitched booklet must always be a multiple of four (4). As such, each folded sheet joined within the finished booklet will form four pages of the booklet. Saddle-stitched booklets are constructed of folded sheets. This is because the page set-up for saddle-stitched booklets requires a different approach than for other types of bound books.
SADDLE STAPLED PROFESSIONAL
The result is a very simple yet professional looking document.ĭespite its relative simplicity, saddle-stitch booklets often pose a challenge for someone new to graphic design. The staples pass through the folded crease from the outside and are clinched between the centermost pages. This method uses printed sheets that are folded and nested one inside the other and then stapled through the fold line with wire staples. Most booklets are created with the Saddle-Stitch binding method.
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