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[en] Create a Cover

[en] Before you create your front and back covers for a PDF, make sure you have read [en] Design Considerations for Covers. That article explains what you can add to each side of the cover and also includes tips on allowing for space in your designs.

[en] When you are ready to create your own covers, follow these steps:

  1. [en] Edit the publication topic for the publication you are going to publish.

    [en] Add any "info elements" that you want to include and remove any that you do not want on your cover. You can also choose to remove the subtitle, which is included by default.

    [en] To learn about editing a publication topic, see Publikations-Topic.

  2. [en] [Optional] Create a cover component for each side of the covers. If you want a back cover, you must set up cover components.

    [en] For details, see Titel- und Rückseitenkomponenten.

  3. [en] [Optional] Add content to the cover components you created in the previous step.

  4. Wählen Sie Layout und dann das PDF-Layout für die Veröffentlichung aus. Alternativ können Sie ein neues PDF-Layout erstellen und bearbeiten (siehe Ein Layout erstellen).

  5. [en] Select Front page and then select the General subcategory.

  6. [en] Use Generate front cover page for publications to control whether Paligo creates a cover for your PDF.

    [en] Choose:

    • [en] Yes to create a cover when you publish.

    • [en] No to have no cover when you publish.

    • Standard – um den Wert für diese Einstellung aus dem Basislayout zu übernehmen. Das Basislayout kann ein von Paligo bereitgestelltes integriertes Layout oder ein anderes kundenspezifisches Layout ein. Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter Layoutbeziehungen – Basis, Neu, Duplizieren.

    [en] If your PDF is set to No, or to inherit No from a base Layout, you can ignore the remaining steps. Paligo will not generate a cover when you publish with this Layout.

  7. [en] Use the other Front page subcategories to add a logo, product image, language list, and to style the various types of content.

    [en] For details, see:

  8. [en] Select Back page.

  9. [en] Select General.

  10. [en] Use Generate back cover page for publications to control whether Paligo creates a back cover:

    [en] Choose:

    • [en] Yes to include a back cover (only if you have set up cover components for the back cover)

    • [en] No to have no back cover.

    • Standard – um den Wert für diese Einstellung aus dem Basislayout zu übernehmen. Das Basislayout kann ein von Paligo bereitgestelltes integriertes Layout oder ein anderes kundenspezifisches Layout ein. Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter Layoutbeziehungen – Basis, Neu, Duplizieren.

  11. [en] Style the back cover components. There are separate subcategories for the Back cover recto and Back cover verso settings.

    [en] For details, see Formatieren eines Inhaltsfelds für Titel- und Rückseiten.

  12. Drücken Sie Speichern.

[en] When you use this Layout to publish to PDF, Paligo will apply the settings you have chosen.

Tipp

[en] Use the PDF Layout's preview feature to see the (approximate) effect of the changes you make.

  1. [en] Select Choose document and then select the publication you are going to publish. Paligo loads it into the preview panel.

  2. [en] Make a change to the Layout settings and select Save.

  3. [en] Select Update preview to refresh the preview image so that it shows the latest change.

PDF Layout editor. The preview shows the cover of a document. It has a callout numbered 1 next to it. Above the preview, the Update preview button is highlighted and has a callout numbered 3. On the left, the PDF layout settings have a callout numbered 2.

[en] For details, see Vorschau einer PDF-Publikation im Layout-Editor anzeigen.