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I'm new to prepressing but I have a magazine that I'm putting together. It will be about 170 pages with a spine. I have an Illustrator template (front cover, spine, and back cover) that others have used before.
So far I've only worked with the internal pages of the magazine. How do I add this cover to the InDesign file?
As well, how do I put content on the inside front and back part of the cover?
Thanks!

I answered this yesterday at http://forums.adobe.com/message/2459523#2459523
You need two files. The only thing I didn't mention, now that I look at yesterdays's response, is that you need to know the thickness of the spine. That, of course varies witht the page count and the weight of the paper. The printer should be able to supply that information for you.

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