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Contents<br />
About the <strong>Preps</strong> <strong>Ganging</strong> tool................................................................................................. 1<br />
<strong>Preps</strong> <strong>Ganging</strong> jobs ....................................................................................................................................1<br />
General steps for a typical job................................................................................................................2<br />
Ganged layouts ..........................................................................................................................................2<br />
Unpopulated PDF workflow ........................................................................................................................3<br />
Populated PDF workflow ............................................................................................................................4<br />
Resource lists ......................................................................................................................... 6<br />
Before you prepare the resource lists: ...................................................................................................6<br />
Media and stock sizes ................................................................................................................................6<br />
Adding media to the Media list ...............................................................................................................7<br />
Adding stock to the Stock list .................................................................................................................7<br />
Adding marks to the Marks list ...............................................................................................................8<br />
Templates...................................................................................................................................................8<br />
Saving a job template for reuse .............................................................................................................9<br />
Using other <strong>Preps</strong> software to add templates to the Templates list .......................................................9<br />
Preferences........................................................................................................................... 10<br />
Setting the Preferences ............................................................................................................................10<br />
Getting started on a new job ................................................................................................. 11<br />
Setting up the job workspace ...................................................................................................................11<br />
Preparing the job input files ......................................................................................................................11<br />
Adding files to a job's file list ................................................................................................................12<br />
Adding a file placeholder......................................................................................................................12<br />
Replacing a placeholder with content...................................................................................................12<br />
Setting up the first press sheet .................................................................................................................13<br />
Creating a press sheet using a template..............................................................................................13<br />
Starting a completely new press sheet.................................................................................................13<br />
Managing pages ................................................................................................................... 14<br />
Adding pages to a layout ..........................................................................................................................14<br />
Adding a content page to a press sheet...............................................................................................14<br />
Adding pages from Prinergy.................................................................................................................14<br />
Adding a file placeholder......................................................................................................................15<br />
Checking and editing page information ....................................................................................................15