TheMagPiPdf


 * Information for authors - the process of submitting an article.
 * Layout &amp; fonts - description of the standard layout and associated fonts.
 * PDF creation - instructions for the generation of PDF for electronic and paper publication.
 * Information for New Volunteers - A guide to help new volunteers familiarize themselves with the team’s workflow.

Creating PDF

 * Click on the PDF icon at the top of the menu bar or click on "Export" and then "Save to PDF"
 * Then follow either the electronic use or printing sections given below.

PDF for electronic use

 * Embed all fonts except FreeSans Bold. FreeSans Bold should be outlined, rather than embedded.
 * Select:
 * Compression: Lossy JPG / Medium
 * EPS Graphics: 600 DPI
 * Resample Images: 600 DPI
 * Create separate PDF files of each page. (The pages are joined together at the end and uploaded to our mirror sites and to issuu.com.)
 * Find the article number by checking the article record in MMS.
 * Rename the pdf files using article number_page number.pdf
 * Upload the pdf files to the MMS article.

PDF for printing
Create separate PDF files of each page, using "-pub.pdf" as a file name suffix.


 * Click on file, Export, Save as PDF...
 * The following dialog is displayed, nothing on the general tab should need to be changed, but the settings should be as the screenshot below.




 * Next click on the fonts tab and click embed all fonts except FreeSans Bold. FreeSans Bold should be outlined, rather than embedded.
 * Ensure that the colour tab settings are as below:




 * Ensure the prepress tab settings are as below:




 * Click save