Chapter 4 44 Layout of the inside work Starting the layout The layout will be done in most cases in Word. For Word, the standard formats A4 (21 x 29.7 cm) and B5 (17.6 x 25 cm) are the best choices. If you work with Indesign, set your document to 17 x 24 cm. See page 58 for setting up an Indesign document. If you use LaTeX set your document to 17,6 x 24,6 cm. Upload your documents as PDF files. Points of attention • White margins determine the width and height of the text box (this does not include the header and footer, which can be placed outside the box). Make sure the margins at the binding side of the book (inside) is at least 20 mm. • Headers and Footers positioned at the same height on every page. • On the left pages of an open book, the even pagenumbers are placed on the left outside of the pages. The right pages get the odd page numbers, which are placed on the right outside of the pages. See example page 45. • Important pages such as titles and chapters are positioned usually on an odd (right) page. • Make sure the ‘front matter’ pages are in the right order. See page 46. • Submitting the file in A4 format? We reduce your file to 81% for the format 17 x 24 cm. Make sure the core text is in a minimum type size of 12 points, for a recommended type size of 10 pnt. after resizing. • Do you have pictures or layout elements which extend to the edge of the page? Then you need “bleed”. See page 36 for more information about bleed. • Try to keep as many images, tables etc. within the layout width of the text as possible. This looks neater and improves the readability of the text. • We rotate landscape pages in an counterclockwise direction. Keep in mind that the side margins will become the top and bottom margins (and vice versa) as a result of rotating the pages.
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