Creating a horizontal saddle stitched book

I need to create a saddle stitched book but with the staples on TOP. What is the best way to set this up?
Thanks!

You are right that Indesign doesn't support top bindings. You can fake it a couple of ways. When I made a calendar, I just had the pages side by side on the screen, and since I didn't have bleeds across the binding it made no difference. The printers put it together the way I wanted it. Or, if you've designed your pages that way, you can rotate them sideways before output.
Rodney

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