Select a section in the Products list or workspace to display its settings in the Properties pane.
The Part Name, Part Type, and Binding Style are derived from the part properties. The ability to edit properties can also depend on whether you are viewing a press-run section in the Press Runs view or a product section in the Assembly view, and whether you create the imposition in the section from a fold pattern or sheet-based imposition.
| Part Name | Use or edit the default name. |
| Part Type | Can be Cover, Text, or Flat Work |
| Section | The number that determines the binding order of the product sections. If the product sections are rearranged in the workspace, the section numbers are automatically adjusted to reflect the new sequence. |
| Lock | Select this check box to prevent this product section from being rearranged within the assembly. |
| First Page Number | Determines the starting page and range of run-list pages that will be printed in this section, based on its page count |
| Trim Size | The planned width and height of the printed product page, after it is bound and trimmed. The default dimensions are defined on the General tab in the Preferences dialog box. |
| Template Name | If a template was used to build this press run, displays the template name. Otherwise, a default Untitled name is assigned, with a number that increments for each existing Untitled template in the Templates list. If you save the current job as a template, the new name is displayed. |
| Page Count | The number of pages in this component |
| Fold Pattern | Select from the filtered list of fold patterns that match the section page count, or click Browse for fold pattern to display the Fold Pattern dialog box. |
| Binding Style | The style that determines the sequence in which the run-list pages flow through the template pages on the press-run layouts |
| Reference Page | Applies only to sheet-based impositions that you create or add from a template. Select the orientation of the section's lower-left page, which serves as the reference for the other pages in this section. |
| Lay out additional page | Applies only to sheet-based impositions that you create or add from a template. Select the orientation of the other pages in this section, relative to each other, based on the reference page. |
The following properties can be edited only in the Press Runs view:
| Fold Flip | Select Yes to flip the fold pattern. |
| Fold Rotation | Set the degree of rotation relative to the sheet's grip edge. Select one of the available rotations or select Optimize to allow Preps to calculate the best fit. |
| Bind Edge | Experienced users can apply flip and rotate transformations to change the orientation of the pages relative to the binding edge. For more details, see the CIP4 Pagination Catalog, available at http://www.cip4.org/. |
| Head Trim, Foot Trim, Face Trim, Spine, Front Lip, Back Lip | The applicable gutter or margin widths that will be trimmed from the page edges. This applies only to impositions that are based on a fold pattern and is editable after you select a Fold Pattern. In addition to setting individual trim margins, you can set a spine width (for the backbone of a book cover) and lip widths (for example, to create overfold edges on the front or back page of the folded signature). |
| Planned Colors | Select or type the names of the colors that are planned for this item. |
| Colors | Displays the actual content colors that are defined in the PDF input files (not editable). Note: Use the Pages view to check for discrepancies between planned and actual colors. |
| Comments | Type a note that you or other operators can review and edit. |