New projects

When you create a new project, you define some basic settings for the project and put together a project team from all the members of your account. All the information you enter here can of course be changed later, so you don’t have to worry about entering something wrong. You can simply get started!

If you have already created projects, you can also copy them. This is especially helpful for periodicals that basically have the same or at least a similar page structure. You can also use it to create templates for certain types of projects.

Click on the icon in the menu.

Create a new project

Give your project a name. This can consist of three parts: Client, Object Title and Output. None of the three text fields need to be filled in, but at least one of them does. In our practice, the three-part name has proven to be quite helpful. In this way, projects can be assigned to specific clients or editorial offices and, in the case of periodicals, it is easier to distinguish between the different editions.

The indication of a production period is for information purposes only. If you later create a detailed schedule for the project, the resulting start and end dates are automatically transferred here.

Page count

You have two options when it comes to the number of pages for your project.

Often the number of pages will change in the course of production and you can add or delete pages in the page plan at any time. The number of pages set here is therefore only a starting point.

Production parameters

You can specify a print sheet size (possible values are 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32). pageplanr will then calculate the page spread and inform you if the number of pages in your project cannot be distributed exactly to the specified print sheet size. This way you always get a hint in time and can consult with the printer to solve the problem.

Specify whether the project is portrait, square or landscape.

The setting “with cover” or “without cover” affects the pagination of the pages in the plan and of course also influences the calculation of the printed sheets. If you select “with cover”, the first two and the last two pages in the page plan are marked as covers and these four pages are deducted for the calculation of the printed sheets.

Team

You can put together a team for the project from all the members in your account. Only the members of the project team have access to this project.

Simply click on the listed members of your account to add them to the project team or to remove them from the project team. Only the team members who are part of the project team have access to this project. This way you can create different teams for each project.

Finally, you can also add a comment to the project.

Copy project

To copy an existing project, simply select the desired project from the list of your projects.

Also specify which parts of the project should be copied: Project Team, Ads, Budget, and/or Timeline. If the timeline is to be copied, you can also specify the date on which the new timeline should start or end.