Printing and PDF

Export PDF, press-ready files, booklets, pictures, Pack and Go and printing at home.

1. How do I export a PDF? Click Export PDF at the top right of the window for a quick PDF of every page. For more choices, open File›, then Export, pick PDF, set Pages and Pictures, and click Export PDF. The PDF is made on your computer and nothing is uploaded. Free for your first project
2. How do I make a press-ready PDF for a print shop? Open File›, then Export, choose Press-ready PDF, and click Export press-ready PDF. It keeps your original pictures and adds crop marks with a 1/4-inch margin around each page. If the shop asks for CMYK, set Color to CMYK composite (print shop) first. Free for your first project
3. How do I print my publication? Press ⌘PCtrl+P or open File›, then Print, choose the pages, and click Print. On a Mac your system's print window opens, where you pick the printer and copies. On Windows and Linux the pages open as a PDF in your PDF viewer, and you print from there. Free for your first project
4. How do I print a booklet or church bulletin? Open File›, then Export, choose Booklet PDF, and click Export booklet (or click Booklet PDF on the Page Design tab). Korva puts two pages on each side of a sheet in folding order. Print the PDF double-sided, flipping on the short edge, then fold the stack in half and staple. Free for your first project
5. How do I save a page as a picture (PNG or JPEG)? Open File›, then Export, choose Picture, pick PNG or JPEG under Format, and click Save picture. To save every page, choose **All *N* pages, a picture each, in one .zip under Pages** first. Free for your first project
6. How do I use Pack and Go to send files to a print shop? Open File›, then Export, choose Pack and Go, and click Save .zip…. The .zip holds the editable Korva file, a press-ready PDF with crop marks, every picture at full resolution and a README listing the fonts. Pack and Go needs Korva Pro. Korva Pro
7. How do I print a poster or banner on several sheets? Make the page its real size (for example 11 × 17 in or Banner). In File›, then Print or File›, then Export›, then PDF, tick Tile across sheets, choose Letter or A4, set the Overlap, and print. Korva splits the page across as many sheets as it needs. Free for your first project
8. What does the ready-to-print check mean, and how do I fix problems? Before you print or export a PDF, Korva checks the pages going out. Ready to export means nothing needs fixing. Problems to fix (such as text that doesn't fit) turn the button off until you fix them or tick I reviewed the problems and want to export anyway. Click Review next to a problem to go straight to it.