[JoAnn Paules[_2_]]

Talk to your printer.

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JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher



"samr" wrote in message
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Thanks for the quick response. I think I may have used the term "send to a
printer" in a confusing way. I am actually referring to a printing
company.
We normally send documents for external printing in PDF format . For the
flip
chart type booklet we are envisaging, which will be duplexed, the backside
of
every page will be printed upside down when compared to the other side. I
was
wondering if I could output a Word document in that format.
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Sam R


"Jay Freedman" wrote:

On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:07:05 -0700, samr
wrote:

Want to send a document to a printer that will be spiral bound and read
like
a flip chart. Do I need to make special arrangements for page
orientation
since bottom of one page will be bound to top of next.

You prepare the document exactly the same way as any other. The point
at which the binding edge makes a difference is when you tell the
printer to duplex (print both sides of the paper). Word doesn't
directly control that -- the printer driver does. The driver is
different for each manufacturer, and often for different models, and
each one has its own way of controlling duplexing. You'll have to look
through the dialog(s) you get from clicking the Properties button in
the Print dialog, to see how to specify the binding.

If you're doing "manual duplexing" -- printing the odd-numbered pages,
then feeding the sheets back into the printer to do the even-numbered
pages -- then you control it by flipping the stack side-to-side
instead of end-for-end.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
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