[mso] Re: Page Layout For Hardcopy Newsletter in Word
- From: "Andrew" <ak_lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:11:38 -0000
Hi Ray,
I have done this in Word but as I recall the 'booklet' function was part of
the printer driver, not in Word, so it may depend what your printer is and
what functions are available.
If I remember correctly, I made up the booklet with consecutive pages in
Word (inserting blank pages where they were required - after the title page,
for example). The printer driver then did all the work of putting the
correct pages opposite each other, two to each side so that when collated
and folded it became a properly paginated booklet.
My document was set up with A4 (equivalent to your Letter size) pages but
printed at 'half' size (it's actually rather greater than half - 1 over root
2, to be exact!) so that each A4 sheet had four pages on it (back and
front). The reduction in size was taken care of automatically but outside of
Word.
I do have to say that I did this in Word 2000. I now have Word 2003 and, on
looking at Help, I see that it appears to be possible from within Word.
Check your Help under the topics Create a Folded Booklet, Print a Folded
Booklet and so on. I don't know if this was a feature of 2002.
If you have to rearrange your pages manually, use a table (or tables) to
place two pages on one sheet. It helps to know that, in a booklet with a
multiple of 4 pages the page numbers on each side of the sheets always add
up to one more than the number of pages (e.g. 12 - 1, 2 - 11, 10 - 3 ... 6 -
7 for a 12-page booklet on three sheets.)
Hope this helps,
Andrew Kendon
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ray Shapp
> Sent: 31 October 2006 08:28
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> Subject: [mso] Page Layout For Hardcopy Newsletter in Word
>
> Hi Group,
>
> I'm attempting to use Word 2002 to create a hardcopy
> newsletter for the first time. I'm looking for a built-in
> function that will allow me to print most pages on 11x17
> paper in landscape mode plus one sheet (two pages) on
> 8-1/2x11 paper in portrait mode when the total number of
> pages is an even number not a multiple of four..
>
> I'm using a simple laser printer that can handle one sided
> printing, therefore, I will accept that it is necessary to
> manually load the different sized paper and to reinsert my
> paper for a second pass. The question is: can I produce say a
> six-page issue with consecutive pages from one to six, but
> have Word send it to the printer as pages 6&1, followed by
> 2&5, followed by 3 then 4?
>
> Of course, on those issues when the number of pages is an
> even multiple of four, I would use only the 11x17 size paper
> in landscape mode. For an eight page issue, the pages should
> go to the printer as 8&1, 2&7, 6&3, 4&5.
>
> I think "folded booklet" is the proper function, but when I
> tried it for a six page document, the first sheet came out
> with page 1 on the right half and the left half was blank.
> The second sheet had page 2 on the left and the right half
> was blank. The third sheet had page 6 at left and page 3 at
> right. The fourth sheet had page 4 at left and page 5 at right.
>
> I didn't get an opportunity to make a second pass or to
> change paper size for the middle two pages.
>
> Please tell me what I'm doing wrong.
>
> Ray Shapp
>
>
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