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Subject:Re: FWD: Printing Question From:"D. Margulis" <ampersandvirgule -at- WORLDNET -dot- ATT -dot- NET> Date:Tue, 9 Jun 1998 16:03:41 -0400
shifra:
1. Save Word document as RTF file.
2. Create PageMaker document with the desired page size and margins
(remembering to make the inner margin wider to accommodate the binder).
3. Place the RTF file into the PageMaker document.
4. Place any figures into the PageMaker document and adjust the layout
as needed.
5. Use the Build Booklet Plug-In to create the signatures correctly for
printing.
6. Click Start->Settings->Add/Remove Programs; select Microsoft Word and
press Enter. (Yes, step 6 is a joke. I am not _really_ recommending that
you delete Word from your system, but there are days when it does seem
like a good idea. The other steps are the simplest and cleanest way I
know to solve your problem. If you don't have PageMaker, maybe someone
else knows another way.)
Dick
Eric J. Ray wrote:
>
> Hi all -- forwarded on request, so please respond on list or to:
> gldmeier -at- actcom -dot- co -dot- il
>
> A friend of mine is working on a project for a small company that wants to do its printing in-house. They bought a 'fancy' printer (not syre which one - but I can find out if necessary). They want their manual to be 1/2 the size of a regular letter page adn inserted into a 3 ring binder. The manual is a word doc. Is there any way to get 2 pages to print on one piece of paper? And in the correct order? (if you print 1 and 2 on the same page - the back side would be 3 and 4 - cut that in half and its - well -wrong)
> I thought the most logical thing would be to resize the pages in Word and then print double sided on the correct size paper. When mentioning this to the 'boss'- he said he does not want to cut so many pages in half.
> Any ideas as to the best way to accomplish this?
> Thanks alot,
> Shifra
