Fold out page in PDF
Posted: 17 Jun 2025, 10:41
When assembling a part as a PDF, what is the best way of dealing with a fold out page (ie one making a three page spread)?
In my specific case, four of the eight parts end with a page I've labelled 9b, which folds out from the page I've labelled 9a. I usually assemble PDFs thus: Cover, followed by a blank page, the music pages numbered from 1 to x, then whatever number of blank pages is needed to make the total divisible by four. In the case in point, either the four parts will be staple stitched with the fold out as a single page extra to be kept loose or taped in as the (chamber) player might choose; or the parts will be coil bound in A4, with pages 9a plus 9b forming a single A3 landscape page to be folded out as appropriate.
However, neither of those possibilities makes clear to me how I might best assemble the PDF.
Maybe I should supply the complete PDF for each of the relevant parts with a blank following the cover, but with no blanks at the end, with added suggestions as to what to do with the fold out page. Or might each of the fold out pages (each page 9b) be best as a single page PDF file (carefully labelled!)?
In my specific case, four of the eight parts end with a page I've labelled 9b, which folds out from the page I've labelled 9a. I usually assemble PDFs thus: Cover, followed by a blank page, the music pages numbered from 1 to x, then whatever number of blank pages is needed to make the total divisible by four. In the case in point, either the four parts will be staple stitched with the fold out as a single page extra to be kept loose or taped in as the (chamber) player might choose; or the parts will be coil bound in A4, with pages 9a plus 9b forming a single A3 landscape page to be folded out as appropriate.
However, neither of those possibilities makes clear to me how I might best assemble the PDF.
Maybe I should supply the complete PDF for each of the relevant parts with a blank following the cover, but with no blanks at the end, with added suggestions as to what to do with the fold out page. Or might each of the fold out pages (each page 9b) be best as a single page PDF file (carefully labelled!)?