NADA Support

NADA's support pages in English contain information considered relevant for users abroad that create and transmit ads to Norwegian newspapers and magazines.

Please also note that the ad preflight and distribution service NADAexpress has an integrated bilingual (Norwegian, English) Help system.

General descriptions of NADA's various services and solutions are here.

The support pages are organized like this:

Making NADA ads for Norwegian newspapers

This page gives a brief description of how to proceed to create technically acceptable NADA ads for newspapers. The distribution service NADAexpress preflights all ads prior to distribution. The technical advice supplied should let you avoid preflight errors that will block the ad from being distributed.

Color management for newspaper ads

From 1 January 2012 onwards, the ISO standard 12647-3 is consided the prevailing color management standard for ads to Norwegian newspapers. This page gives a very brief description of color management in general, and describes how to set up a number of commonly used programs to adher to the ISO standard.

Modular grid for ads for tabloid pages with 5 columns

Most Norwegian newspapers use one or two fixed modular grids that determine allowable sizes for ads. The modular grid based on a 5 column page is the most commonly used for ads to go on text pages. This page shows the 5 column grid with all measurements included.

[Use the (Norwegian language only, unfortunately) Aviskatalogen if you need to look up each newspaper's use of 5 or 6 column grids.]

Modular grid for ads for tabloid pages with 6 columns

Most Norwegian newspapers use one or two fixed modular grids that determine allowable sizes for ads. The modular grid based on a 6 column page is the most commonly used for ads to go on advertising pages. This page shows the 6 column grid with all measurements included.

[Use the (Norwegian language only, unfortunately) Aviskatalogen if you need to to look up each newspaper's use of 5 or 6 column grids.]

Download

On this page you may download the ICC files that are needed to produce color according to ISO 12647-3.