Print books

You can print a book to check its final format and appearance before handing it off to a professional printer, ordering a printed copy online, or distributing copies to others. You can also create a PDF file of a book to store an electronic copy for use at another time or to send to others.

For more information about creating and working with books, see Creating books overview.

Print a book

Select a book album in the Library inspector.
The book appears in the Book Layout Editor.
Choose File > Print Book (or press Command-P).
The OS X Print dialog appears.
Verify that the settings in the OS X Print dialog are correct, then click Print.
Your book is printed.

Create a PDF file of a book

In the Library inspector, select a book album.
Choose File > Print Book (or press Command-P).
In the Print dialog, choose Save as PDF from the PDF pop-up menu.
The Save dialog appears.
Enter a name for the PDF file in the Save As field, choose a location to save the file from the pop-up menu, then click Save.