I take it you have not tried this? When you choose "Book fold," Word formats
the page into two 5.5" x 8.5" pages. If you had already created the
document, it reflows your text into those pages at the same size, with the
same margins, which is why you need to reduce the margins and (probably) the
font size.
Both "Book fold" and "2 pages per sheet" in Page Setup are quite different
from "2 pages per sheet" in the Print dialog, which reduces a full page to
half-page size. The "2 pages per sheet" and "Book fold" settings create two
small pages from one full-sized one.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"grammatim" wrote in message
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When you reduce a page to fit two of them onto a booklet sheet, you
reduce the type to near-unreadability!
Don't tell me that in order to do a booklet in Word, you need to be
working on 5.5 x 8.5 page size to start with?
On Sep 21, 9:11 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Why do you say increase the type size? I generally use smaller type on
smaller pages/in narrower columns. In most cases 12-pt is okay for either
a
full page or a half page in a directory or "yearbook," but for a printed
7"
x 9" book, I usually find 11-pt more suitable.
"grammatim" wrote in message
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Reduce the margins and increase the type size.
On Sep 20, 11:47 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
I usually use the "All" choice for "Sheets per booklet." Just keep in
mind
that they need to be a multiple of 4. Unless you have a printer that
duplexes automatically, your best bet is to print just one side of a
page
and duplex by photocopying, but you could experiment with Word's "Manual
duplex" setting.
As for the number of pages, when you go to create a booklet, keep in
mind
that you will probably want to reduce the margins and type size from
what
you would use for a full-sized page.
David wrote in
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On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:36:12 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
wrote:
Have you tried the "Book fold" feature that is built into Word? On the
Margins tab of Page Setup, choose "Book fold" for "Multiple pages."
Word
will set up your document with two pages per sheet. You will create
the
pages in ordinary numerical order, but Word will print them in the
order
required for folding into a booklet.
This feature works reasonably well provided you are printing the
entire
booklet. Most users report disappointing results trying to reprint
specific
pages. For another approach, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...etPrinting.htm. This method
will
work in any version.
You can also set this up manually using "2 pages per sheet" in the
"Multiple
pages" dropdown. This will create pages in numerical order, and you
can
print them in the required order by entering 8, 1, 2, 7, 6, 3, 4, 5 in
the
"Pages" box in the Print dialog. There is also a macro at the
above-referenced site that automates this process.
Suzanne:
The method you described using Word 2007's "Book Fold" feature works
well. The number of pages increases, but that was good as Word
apparently adjusted to make the printed copy quite readable.
However, how can I force Word to just print the front or back side of
the document? The test print I ran printed every page. I quess I
could feed the pages into my copier, but that would be a waste of
paper.
Also, in Page Setup, I was asked about Sheets per booklet. Do I want
"Auto", "All", or one of the numerical choices.-