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Bookfold layout option won't work - Word2003
This is infuriating: the pagination algorithm seems to insert blank pages for
no apparent reason, throwing off the entire document. Am I the only one who can't get "book fold layout" to work right?... and, the"print preview" shows no problem, because it doesnt really show what the paired pages will be on the single sheet of paper, so I've gone thru a ream of paper trying different tricks to see if a 20-page school show program is printing out correctly. I tried printing from the print preview screen, which worked previously, but no more. Also tried "auto" number of sheets and copying all contents into a new document... no joy. |
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Bookfold layout option won't work - Word2003
"Book fold" is a seriously flawed feature, but it should work correctly
provided you have a number of pages divisible by four. I find it easiest to select "All" for the "Sheets per booklet" setting and take care to assure that I have the required number of blank pages (usually at the end) to make up this number. The two primary issues with book fold are that (1) it reverses "mirror margins," so you have to set the Inside as Outside and vice versa, and (2) it rarely works as designed when you try to print specific pages (it's supposed to print the page you specify, along with the facing page and the two pages that would print on the back). As long as you always print only the entire document, it will work pretty well, but this is impractical for very long booklets. If, despite your best efforts, you can't get the feature working to suit you, and if you do not have Publisher or for other reasons can't use its booklet function, then I suggest the techniques offered at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...etPrinting.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "CrazyFiatGuy" wrote in message ... This is infuriating: the pagination algorithm seems to insert blank pages for no apparent reason, throwing off the entire document. Am I the only one who can't get "book fold layout" to work right?... and, the"print preview" shows no problem, because it doesnt really show what the paired pages will be on the single sheet of paper, so I've gone thru a ream of paper trying different tricks to see if a 20-page school show program is printing out correctly. I tried printing from the print preview screen, which worked previously, but no more. Also tried "auto" number of sheets and copying all contents into a new document... no joy. |
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