Variable length booklet with dynamic page numbers and contents page

[Andrew Naden]

Hello all 

Just started at a new company.. and the first project is a variable length booklet with dynamic page numbers and contents page for a University Prospectus. Very nice!

Been looking around and found XMPiePGE as a way of doing the page numbers - is that a good start? 

It must have been done before and I don't really want to start from scratch...  Been through the forum and there's lots of mentions but nothing specific. Does anyone have experience of this kind of journey and willing to impart their top tips for the common good?   

Let me know. 

Best Regards 

Andrew 

[Bill]

Hello Andrew,

Have you got a copy of XMPie's "Technote-0010-Using Programmable
Graphic Elements.pdf"?
It was written back in 2009, but I remember it contains rather clear
examples regarding page numbering.

Kind regards,

GB

[Timothy Perrett]

I wouldn't use PGE for that - wouldn't it be better to use the contents functionality within indesign? I'd say thats the usual way to do it. Think there's a technote about that somewhere as well... Bill may be more informed on that that me though :-)

Tim

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[Walter Van waard (gmail)]

You are right Tim. We use Indesign with xmpies dynamic paging in the ucreate plugin. Elements with overflow create a new page automagically :-). Elements that you do not want on a certain page can be turned on and of with visibilities. do other option would be creating pdfs of all content pages and by using a database per recipient turn the page on or of with a visibility, so the contents would be dynamic in that way...we produced a 80 to 100 page magazine with that trick.

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[Guillaume Besnier]

My apology: I thought Andrew's main point was page *numbering* in a
dynamic page document (and not dynamic pages only, driven by
Visibilities, etc.).

The PGE Technote is the only XMPie document of my knowledge, which
specifically refers to page numbering, but I must confess I haven't got
the comprehensive list of XMPie Technotes.

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Date : 27/03/2012 22:26

[Yosimo]

Have you ever looked at XMPie Customer Support Portal? The search for "Technote PGE" is a hit, and you will find sample files.
But the page numbers generated by this technique will only appear in the print edition (or in the PDF), after the PostScript code of the EPS-file was interpreted by Adobe Distiller or any other PostScript-RIP.

 

Regards

Yosimo