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Adobe PageMaker 7.0

Creating Tri-fold Brochures

This document contains sample setup dimensions of a Tri-fold brochure. Using the setup specifications listed here will result in a tri-fold brochure with three panels on each side that can be used for text and/or graphics. The column guides allow for three columns with sufficient room for folding.

For more information on setting up documents, refer to About the Document Setup Dialog Box.

• Document Setup
• Column Guides Setup

Document Setup

1. From the File menu, select New...
   The Document Setup dialog box appears.
   

2. From the Page size pull-down menu, select Letter

3. For Orientation, select Wide

4. For Options, make sure Double-sided and Facing pages are selected

5. In the Number of pages text box, type 2

6. In the Margins section, in the Inside and Outside text boxes, type 0.5

7. In the Top and Bottom text boxes, type 0.583

8. Click OK

Column Guide Setup

1. From the Layout menu, select Column Guides...
   The Column Guides dialog box appears.
   

2. In the Number of Columns text box, type 3

3. In the Space between Columns text box, type 0.667

4. Click OK
   Your brochure appears as follows, and is now ready for text and graphics.