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Format Pages to Print a Book
How can I format a document (A4 Size Paper) to print out as a book, using 2
columns per page and both sides of each page in landscape, i.e. a continuous book format, with the pages numbered accordingly? [First sheet would have Pg 1, Pg 2 & Pg 39 & Pg 40 - Pg 40 being the last page.] If this won't work, is there another way to "print" a document in book form with pages &/or headings? -- Regards rbc |
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Create a folded booklet
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...729501033.aspx Print a folded booklet http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...729491033.aspx A training course to help with headers and footers http://office.microsoft.com/training...RC010216611033 -- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "rbc" wrote in message ... How can I format a document (A4 Size Paper) to print out as a book, using 2 columns per page and both sides of each page in landscape, i.e. a continuous book format, with the pages numbered accordingly? [First sheet would have Pg 1, Pg 2 & Pg 39 & Pg 40 - Pg 40 being the last page.] If this won't work, is there another way to "print" a document in book form with pages &/or headings? -- Regards rbc |
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Thanks for the info - I'll give it a go.
-- Regards rbc "Mary Sauer" wrote: Create a folded booklet http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...729501033.aspx Print a folded booklet http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...729491033.aspx A training course to help with headers and footers http://office.microsoft.com/training...RC010216611033 -- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "rbc" wrote in message ... How can I format a document (A4 Size Paper) to print out as a book, using 2 columns per page and both sides of each page in landscape, i.e. a continuous book format, with the pages numbered accordingly? [First sheet would have Pg 1, Pg 2 & Pg 39 & Pg 40 - Pg 40 being the last page.] If this won't work, is there another way to "print" a document in book form with pages &/or headings? -- Regards rbc |
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See 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. "rbc" wrote in message ... How can I format a document (A4 Size Paper) to print out as a book, using 2 columns per page and both sides of each page in landscape, i.e. a continuous book format, with the pages numbered accordingly? [First sheet would have Pg 1, Pg 2 & Pg 39 & Pg 40 - Pg 40 being the last page.] If this won't work, is there another way to "print" a document in book form with pages &/or headings? -- Regards rbc |
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Many thanks, with all this info. I think I can make headway.
-- Regards rbc "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: See 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. "rbc" wrote in message ... How can I format a document (A4 Size Paper) to print out as a book, using 2 columns per page and both sides of each page in landscape, i.e. a continuous book format, with the pages numbered accordingly? [First sheet would have Pg 1, Pg 2 & Pg 39 & Pg 40 - Pg 40 being the last page.] If this won't work, is there another way to "print" a document in book form with pages &/or headings? -- Regards rbc |
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Hi again Mary & Suzzane,
Just to let you know, I have been to all the sites you suggested and found the info very helpful. Thanks again! We are lucky to have people like you to assist people like me who usually refer to "Idiot's Guide To....". One more Q.... If my book develops into a larger project - i.e. several hundred pages... do I continue with Word or Publisher ((I have ver 2003 of MS Office); or is it best to obtain another software package for the task of printing out my new book? If so, can you suggest a software package for the job? I don't wont to engage a commercial printer at this point in time. I have read some "threads"(?) on this site where the discussion centres around the use of Word &/or PUblisher, but I found them to be argumentative, rather than informative (sorry no disrespect intended from myself as a beginner.) I would like to avoid such a debate, just need some practical advice to get up and running with my book. -- Regards rbc "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: See 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. "rbc" wrote in message ... How can I format a document (A4 Size Paper) to print out as a book, using 2 columns per page and both sides of each page in landscape, i.e. a continuous book format, with the pages numbered accordingly? [First sheet would have Pg 1, Pg 2 & Pg 39 & Pg 40 - Pg 40 being the last page.] If this won't work, is there another way to "print" a document in book form with pages &/or headings? -- Regards rbc |
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I haven't used Publisher to create a book, so I cannot very well speak for
it, but my impression is that Publisher would be easier in some ways for a book that includes a lot of graphics, especially if you want to be able to have full-page graphics with text wrapping around them (that is, flowing from the page before the graphic to the page after). Word cannot do this without fudging. On the other hand, Word is much better adapted to do tables of contents, footnotes/endnotes, and indexes, none of which Publisher can do at all. And Word can swallow long documents with ease (some users have created documents of 10,000 pages or more). Moreover, navigation in Publisher becomes very painful as pages multiply (once there are more pages than can be displayed on the tabs at the bottom of the screen). If you have a book that requires both scholarly apparatus (TOC, notes, index) *and* graphics, it may be worth your while to acquire and learn software designed for publications (PageMaker, QuarkXpress, Adobe InDesign, or the like), but for the price of any of these programs (if this is a one-time project), you might do better to turn your manuscript over to someone who already has and knows how to use the software. -- 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. "rbc" wrote in message ... Hi again Mary & Suzzane, Just to let you know, I have been to all the sites you suggested and found the info very helpful. Thanks again! We are lucky to have people like you to assist people like me who usually refer to "Idiot's Guide To....". One more Q.... If my book develops into a larger project - i.e. several hundred pages... do I continue with Word or Publisher ((I have ver 2003 of MS Office); or is it best to obtain another software package for the task of printing out my new book? If so, can you suggest a software package for the job? I don't wont to engage a commercial printer at this point in time. I have read some "threads"(?) on this site where the discussion centres around the use of Word &/or PUblisher, but I found them to be argumentative, rather than informative (sorry no disrespect intended from myself as a beginner.) I would like to avoid such a debate, just need some practical advice to get up and running with my book. -- Regards rbc "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: See 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. "rbc" wrote in message ... How can I format a document (A4 Size Paper) to print out as a book, using 2 columns per page and both sides of each page in landscape, i.e. a continuous book format, with the pages numbered accordingly? [First sheet would have Pg 1, Pg 2 & Pg 39 & Pg 40 - Pg 40 being the last page.] If this won't work, is there another way to "print" a document in book form with pages &/or headings? -- Regards rbc |
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Okay I will go with Word for now. Thanks again. I have posted similar Qs to
the Publisher Discussion Group, but reading other threads there I can see the problems you mention emerging for others. I will be inserting some small photos in the document, but the draft I have done of the first few chapters in Word had no problem with this. Thanks again. -- Regards rbc "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I haven't used Publisher to create a book, so I cannot very well speak for it, but my impression is that Publisher would be easier in some ways for a book that includes a lot of graphics, especially if you want to be able to have full-page graphics with text wrapping around them (that is, flowing from the page before the graphic to the page after). Word cannot do this without fudging. On the other hand, Word is much better adapted to do tables of contents, footnotes/endnotes, and indexes, none of which Publisher can do at all. And Word can swallow long documents with ease (some users have created documents of 10,000 pages or more). Moreover, navigation in Publisher becomes very painful as pages multiply (once there are more pages than can be displayed on the tabs at the bottom of the screen). If you have a book that requires both scholarly apparatus (TOC, notes, index) *and* graphics, it may be worth your while to acquire and learn software designed for publications (PageMaker, QuarkXpress, Adobe InDesign, or the like), but for the price of any of these programs (if this is a one-time project), you might do better to turn your manuscript over to someone who already has and knows how to use the software. -- 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. "rbc" wrote in message ... Hi again Mary & Suzzane, Just to let you know, I have been to all the sites you suggested and found the info very helpful. Thanks again! We are lucky to have people like you to assist people like me who usually refer to "Idiot's Guide To....". One more Q.... If my book develops into a larger project - i.e. several hundred pages... do I continue with Word or Publisher ((I have ver 2003 of MS Office); or is it best to obtain another software package for the task of printing out my new book? If so, can you suggest a software package for the job? I don't wont to engage a commercial printer at this point in time. I have read some "threads"(?) on this site where the discussion centres around the use of Word &/or PUblisher, but I found them to be argumentative, rather than informative (sorry no disrespect intended from myself as a beginner.) I would like to avoid such a debate, just need some practical advice to get up and running with my book. -- Regards rbc "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: See 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. "rbc" wrote in message ... How can I format a document (A4 Size Paper) to print out as a book, using 2 columns per page and both sides of each page in landscape, i.e. a continuous book format, with the pages numbered accordingly? [First sheet would have Pg 1, Pg 2 & Pg 39 & Pg 40 - Pg 40 being the last page.] If this won't work, is there another way to "print" a document in book form with pages &/or headings? -- Regards rbc |
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I've created several books in Word that had photos in them. It's quite
possible. Photos on a separate page are difficult but still doable. -- 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. "rbc" wrote in message ... Okay I will go with Word for now. Thanks again. I have posted similar Qs to the Publisher Discussion Group, but reading other threads there I can see the problems you mention emerging for others. I will be inserting some small photos in the document, but the draft I have done of the first few chapters in Word had no problem with this. Thanks again. -- Regards rbc "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I haven't used Publisher to create a book, so I cannot very well speak for it, but my impression is that Publisher would be easier in some ways for a book that includes a lot of graphics, especially if you want to be able to have full-page graphics with text wrapping around them (that is, flowing from the page before the graphic to the page after). Word cannot do this without fudging. On the other hand, Word is much better adapted to do tables of contents, footnotes/endnotes, and indexes, none of which Publisher can do at all. And Word can swallow long documents with ease (some users have created documents of 10,000 pages or more). Moreover, navigation in Publisher becomes very painful as pages multiply (once there are more pages than can be displayed on the tabs at the bottom of the screen). If you have a book that requires both scholarly apparatus (TOC, notes, index) *and* graphics, it may be worth your while to acquire and learn software designed for publications (PageMaker, QuarkXpress, Adobe InDesign, or the like), but for the price of any of these programs (if this is a one-time project), you might do better to turn your manuscript over to someone who already has and knows how to use the software. -- 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. "rbc" wrote in message ... Hi again Mary & Suzzane, Just to let you know, I have been to all the sites you suggested and found the info very helpful. Thanks again! We are lucky to have people like you to assist people like me who usually refer to "Idiot's Guide To....". One more Q.... If my book develops into a larger project - i.e. several hundred pages... do I continue with Word or Publisher ((I have ver 2003 of MS Office); or is it best to obtain another software package for the task of printing out my new book? If so, can you suggest a software package for the job? I don't wont to engage a commercial printer at this point in time. I have read some "threads"(?) on this site where the discussion centres around the use of Word &/or PUblisher, but I found them to be argumentative, rather than informative (sorry no disrespect intended from myself as a beginner.) I would like to avoid such a debate, just need some practical advice to get up and running with my book. -- Regards rbc "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: See 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. "rbc" wrote in message ... How can I format a document (A4 Size Paper) to print out as a book, using 2 columns per page and both sides of each page in landscape, i.e. a continuous book format, with the pages numbered accordingly? [First sheet would have Pg 1, Pg 2 & Pg 39 & Pg 40 - Pg 40 being the last page.] If this won't work, is there another way to "print" a document in book form with pages &/or headings? -- Regards rbc |
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