Creating an A5 brochure in Illustrator CS5.1

Hi,
I have been trying for hours to create an A5 Brochure in Illustrator (I have version CS5.1)
I have looked at tutorials and help guides, a lot of them say select 'A5' in the new document option, but there ISN'T an A5 option! :-(
Please help!
Kind regards
Sarah-Jane

SJNexus wrote:
I've not done this before and so I'd need to know where to put each item, in which section in order to make sure it's on the right 'page' when I fold it. I guess it'll be a matter of 'trial and error'.
Not at all. Assuming you are talking about a one page folded brochure: Take a sheet of paper and fold it the way the brochure will be folded (bi-fold, tri-fold, or whatever). Hold it so you are looking at the "cover", and number that section 1. Continue to number each section as you unfold it. Then lay the paper flat to see the arrangement.
Folding it will also let you know if you need to allow a little extra on one side as opposed to the other (common for tri-fold brochures).
--OB

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