Creating a booklet in Word 2007

[GBernstein]

Have had the same experience as other posters with the booklet function
randomizing page sequence. Once post suggested a url for hints but this page
is no longer valid. Can someone suggest a definitive site for finding out how
to work this dilemma? I am (of course) under a pretty tight deadline to have
a camera ready to the printer.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Depends what you mean by randomizing. Obviously, when you print as a
booklet, the pages are not in numerical order but the order that will result
in a correctly ordered booklet when you duplex the pages and fold them into
a booklet.

 

[GBernstein]

Sorry that I was not clear in my post -- the page numbers do not appear in
the correct sequence when the pages are duplexed and folded into a booklet.
When I researched this issue, I saw several other postings that this feature
(book fold) does not work properly in Word 2007 and I am looking for a
workaround.
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George

Depends what you mean by randomizing. Obviously, when you print as a
booklet, the pages are not in numerical order but the order that will result
in a correctly ordered booklet when you duplex the pages and fold them into
a booklet.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Then see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/BookletPrinting.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Sorry that I was not clear in my post -- the page numbers do not appear in
the correct sequence when the pages are duplexed and folded into a
booklet.
When I researched this issue, I saw several other postings that this
feature
(book fold) does not work properly in Word 2007 and I am looking for a
workaround.

 

[GBernstein]

I am able to get Word 2007 to booklet print but only if the size of each page
is 5.5 x 8.5 with each page taking up 1/2 of a piece of 8 1/2 x 11 paper in
landscape mode. What I want is to print so that each the two side-by-side
pages are in portrait, each page being approx. 4 1/4 by 5 1/2, taking up 1/2
of the piece of paper. The link provided and many of the postings I've looked
at don't answer the question about controlling final page size. I would be
happy to be able to do that. But what I really want is that when printed in
duplex portrait, I would be able to cut the printouts in half and end up with
two booklets, with each page 3.5 x 5.5. In other words, the first physical
page would have at the top left page 100 (yeah, it's a 100 page booklet), and
top right is page 1. Bottom of first physical page is page 100 on bottom
left, and page 1 on bottom right. Cut in half, stitch staple, fold, and viola
2 100 page booklets.

I hope that this is clear - I realize that I may end up feeding the paper
back through a second time turned around to print the bottom half of each
page.

Not sure how to set up Page size--is it 3.5 x 5.5 (the final actual size of
each page), or is it 7 x 5.5 (the size of two pages that will be folded) and
would it be landscape or portrait? So many questions, so little time.

George

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you're willing to print half and then flip and print the other end, you
*might* be able to do this by telling word the paper is landscape 5.5 x 7
(the pages will then by 3.5 by 5.5), provided your printer is cooperative.
But there's no way to make Word print the booklet twice at the same time.

 

[GBernstein]

Thanks -- I ended up giving up earlier today. I could not get control of the
page size I wanted. At 5.5 x 7 my printer would not cooperate, so I couldn't
even get it to print out the one copy in the size I wanted, let alone 2-up. A
very frustrating and time consuming experience.