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Bookfold with center landscape page
I am using Word 2002. The printer is an HP8540 set for Landscape Duplex.
Page setup is bookfold except for the center page which I want to be Normal Landscape. I realise that for bookfold it calculates which pages to put together and with one piece of paper for the center page this throws that calculation out of course. I tried putting a dummy page at the end but that's no good either. Whatever I have tried with various Section Breaks I don't seem to be able to achieve what I want. Though I can get it right on the screen, (when not using Bookfold) the printing is all out of order. There don't seem to be any relevant Printer Options to play with, but maybe I'm missing something. Once I specify Bookfold, it applies to the whole document and not just one Section. I have even tried to work with '2 pages per sheet' and specifying the page print order but couldn't get that to work. I have tried all the tricks in http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...apeSection.htm but got nowhere. Can anyone please suggest how I can achieve creating a booklet (to print duplex) with a center landscape page? Thanks, Dan |
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daneel wrote:
Whatever I have tried with various Section Breaks I don't seem to be able to achieve what I want. Though I can get it right on the screen, (when not using Bookfold) the printing is all out of order. There don't seem to be any relevant Printer Options to play with, but maybe I'm missing something. In the Page Range box, enter the pages you want to print in the appropriate order--say, 1, 8, 7, 2, 3, 6, etc. (Note I don't actually know the right order). But normally this approaches is combined with printing 2-up, and I don't know that you can print 2-up for only part of a document. Me, I'd probably do the centerfold in a different document, leave 2 blank pages in the booklet, and do some manual photocopying to assemble. But that's a worst case scenario. This description of a manual method might help also: http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting...etPrinting.htm |
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Bookfold with center landscape page
Daiya
Thank you very much for pointing me to that BookletPrinting page where I picked up the VB Macro which I think I can change to do what I want. My idea is to get it to print to the half-way point from the current document then print the one landscape page from another document (?) then print the rest of the current document. Is this feasible? Do you know where I can find the VB syntax for printing document B while running the macro in document A ? Many thanks, Dan Daiya Mitchell wrote: daneel wrote: Whatever I have tried with various Section Breaks I don't seem to be able to achieve what I want. Though I can get it right on the screen, (when not using Bookfold) the printing is all out of order. There don't seem to be any relevant Printer Options to play with, but maybe I'm missing something. In the Page Range box, enter the pages you want to print in the appropriate order--say, 1, 8, 7, 2, 3, 6, etc. (Note I don't actually know the right order). But normally this approaches is combined with printing 2-up, and I don't know that you can print 2-up for only part of a document. Me, I'd probably do the centerfold in a different document, leave 2 blank pages in the booklet, and do some manual photocopying to assemble. But that's a worst case scenario. This description of a manual method might help also: http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting...etPrinting.htm |
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I'm afraid I haven't a clue re either of your questions, as this is not
one of my fields of expertise at all. I only answered because I thought (wrongly) that you had missed the ability to enter pages to print in order. You can post to a group with word.vba or Word Programming in the name for VBA questions, you'll reach more knowledgeable people there. I assume you need to print this document multiple times, rather than get one assembled and photocopy it. The electronic version of manual photocopying--you might consider investigating a decent PDF utility that would let you print the regular booklet pages to PDF (including 2 blank pages), then delete the blank pages and insert the centerfold page (also PDFed) in the right location, and then use the PDF to print from. Acrobat would do it, but there are probably cheaper programs. If you aren't going to edit the booklet a lot, that might be easier than trying to program printer drivers to print two *separate* print jobs duplex on the *same* sheet of paper. Even if you are going to edit it a lot, it still might be easier to write the code to assemble different PDF files than to program printer drivers. The real issue, by the way, is that what you want is the type of thing that page layout publishing programs are designed to do. Word has some page layout features, but it's a word processor, not a page layout application. If you already have Publisher, which is a page layout app, it may be worth investigating, although I'm not familiar with it myself. Sorry not to be more helpful, Daiya daneel wrote: Daiya Thank you very much for pointing me to that BookletPrinting page where I picked up the VB Macro which I think I can change to do what I want. My idea is to get it to print to the half-way point from the current document then print the one landscape page from another document (?) then print the rest of the current document. Is this feasible? Do you know where I can find the VB syntax for printing document B while running the macro in document A ? Many thanks, Dan Daiya Mitchell wrote: daneel wrote: Whatever I have tried with various Section Breaks I don't seem to be able to achieve what I want. Though I can get it right on the screen, (when not using Bookfold) the printing is all out of order. There don't seem to be any relevant Printer Options to play with, but maybe I'm missing something. In the Page Range box, enter the pages you want to print in the appropriate order--say, 1, 8, 7, 2, 3, 6, etc. (Note I don't actually know the right order). But normally this approaches is combined with printing 2-up, and I don't know that you can print 2-up for only part of a document. Me, I'd probably do the centerfold in a different document, leave 2 blank pages in the booklet, and do some manual photocopying to assemble. But that's a worst case scenario. This description of a manual method might help also: http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting...etPrinting.htm |
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Bookfold with center landscape page
Diaya
Thank you for your helpful reply. I have started experimenting with the VB scripts and I think I can achieve what I want (though not quickly!). Your suggestion of printing to PDFs then manipulating them is a good idea and one that I may follow up on - it may turn out to be simpler that way; I hadn't thought of this approach. I want to end up with a pdf that I will send to a printhouse eventually but I would like to be able to print myself a rough copy to show people and get it proofread. If/when I come up with a workable solution I will post back to this group. Thank again, Dan Daiya Mitchell wrote: I'm afraid I haven't a clue re either of your questions, as this is not one of my fields of expertise at all. I only answered because I thought (wrongly) that you had missed the ability to enter pages to print in order. You can post to a group with word.vba or Word Programming in the name for VBA questions, you'll reach more knowledgeable people there. I assume you need to print this document multiple times, rather than get one assembled and photocopy it. The electronic version of manual photocopying--you might consider investigating a decent PDF utility that would let you print the regular booklet pages to PDF (including 2 blank pages), then delete the blank pages and insert the centerfold page (also PDFed) in the right location, and then use the PDF to print from. Acrobat would do it, but there are probably cheaper programs. If you aren't going to edit the booklet a lot, that might be easier than trying to program printer drivers to print two *separate* print jobs duplex on the *same* sheet of paper. Even if you are going to edit it a lot, it still might be easier to write the code to assemble different PDF files than to program printer drivers. The real issue, by the way, is that what you want is the type of thing that page layout publishing programs are designed to do. Word has some page layout features, but it's a word processor, not a page layout application. If you already have Publisher, which is a page layout app, it may be worth investigating, although I'm not familiar with it myself. Sorry not to be more helpful, Daiya daneel wrote: Daiya Thank you very much for pointing me to that BookletPrinting page where I picked up the VB Macro which I think I can change to do what I want. My idea is to get it to print to the half-way point from the current document then print the one landscape page from another document (?) then print the rest of the current document. Is this feasible? Do you know where I can find the VB syntax for printing document B while running the macro in document A ? Many thanks, Dan Daiya Mitchell wrote: daneel wrote: Whatever I have tried with various Section Breaks I don't seem to be able to achieve what I want. Though I can get it right on the screen, (when not using Bookfold) the printing is all out of order. There don't seem to be any relevant Printer Options to play with, but maybe I'm missing something. In the Page Range box, enter the pages you want to print in the appropriate order--say, 1, 8, 7, 2, 3, 6, etc. (Note I don't actually know the right order). But normally this approaches is combined with printing 2-up, and I don't know that you can print 2-up for only part of a document. Me, I'd probably do the centerfold in a different document, leave 2 blank pages in the booklet, and do some manual photocopying to assemble. But that's a worst case scenario. This description of a manual method might help also: http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting...etPrinting.htm |
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