[softwarelist] Re: A6 booklet production
- From: Anthony Hilton <ajh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2011 18:01:36 GMT
In message <51a0daf646riscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
M Harding <riscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A6 booklets via OvPro
> I need to produce an A6 size booklet for our Probus Club (i.e. each
> page as 1/4 of an A4 sheet). The front and back covers vary slightly
> annually; the 2 pages listing meetings/events change entirely each
> year; the 3 constitution pages remain static; and 7 pages contain a
> directory of members which varies slightly as members are lost and
> added. The whole product runs to 16 A6 sides.
> I've codged a complicated version in OvPro, but wonder whether
> there's an elegant or even simple way to produce it?
I hope so.
Do you still have your dummy showing you which page goes where on each
sheet for reference? If not it might be worth making another - 2
sheets of A4 together, fold to A5 and then to A6. Put numbers on the
available corners of each A6 page to indicate both page number and
which way up it is.
First, ensure you have the !Imposit applet installed and active - this
will give you a Booklet option on the Format menu in the Print
dialogue box. The Booklet format works out which pages go where on
each sheet and which way up they need to be - magic courtesy of Nick
Kaijaks.
Second set your document page to A6 (148 x 105 mm) with the margins
you want and set your styles for font, type size etc (or grab a copy
of the OPro stylesheet http://www.tinshill.f9.co.uk/ant/A6Booklet.dps
and modify it as you want).
Put all the contents in on the correct pages - page 1 is front cover
and when you get there page 16 is back cover. (This is so much easier
than remembering/checking which page goes where on which sheet!)
Simplest is to use a single chapter, for longer term maintenance it
may be easier to use 4 chapters: Cover = chapter 1, Events listing =
chapter 2, Constitution = chapter 3, Members list = chapter 4
To save paper, use !PrintPDF or !Sprinter to print to file using the
Booklet format and check that the pages on the sheets match unfolded
sheets from the dummy you made.
If your printer does duplex, printing the real copies is very easy,
otherwise you need to print the Front of the sheets, turn them over
and print the Back of the sheets.
When you have the first pair of printed sheets fold them together as
you did when you made your dummy and guillotine the fold along the
short edge to allow the booklet to open.
Hope this doesn't sound worse than it is. You may need to work through
it before it all makes sense.
Anthony
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