Designing Across Two Pages

Memento Yearbook enables design on single page. (Our development team is exploring double-page design options in the coming year.)

Should you need to create a double-page style layout that has content across the page gutter, follow the tips below to achieve this effect. 

Step 1:  Design the left side of your page, positioning frames extended over the gutter. You won't be able to see the part that is hanging to the other side of the page. 

Step 2: Once the frames are in position, select any content that needs to spill over to the right page, and copy it (Ctrl-C on Windows, Cmd-C on Mac).

Step 3: Click Edit on the right side page, then paste the copied content to that page (Ctrl-V on Windows, Cmd-V on Mac). 

Step 4:  Position the frames so that they are aligned to the other side of the page.

In this example, these two pages have a duplicate photo and text frame positioned off the gutter edge of adjacent pages.

The two copies are independent of each other... which you can see when the content is repositioned.

When position images across the gutter, be mindful that content in the middle of the spread may be obscured in the binding.

 

By using two copies of the same frames manually positioned on both pages, you can reposition the content slightly to avoid the spine "squish" in your finished book, duplicating content across the gutter slightly to avoid this end result. Use the safe (green) guideline to align photo and text so it is clear of the area that might be consumed in the spine. Slightly offsetting images will ensure that the spine doesn't interfere with viewing the entire photo.