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I copied these instructions (courtesy of Suzanne Barnhill) some time ago for
future reference.
I now need to create an eight-page "program" for a recital, using Word 2002.
I'm unclear about the printing procedure and would greatly appreciate some
advice:
When feeding the paper into the printer for the second time, which end goes
in first?
Also, I will not want the pages numbered.
Here is Suzanne's article:
Set up your document by first choosing Landscape orientation on the "Paper
Size" tab of Page Setup.
Then select "Mirror Margins" on the "Margins" tab. When you do this, the
margin measurements for "Left" and "Right" change to "Inside" and "Outside."
Set the margins you want for your half-size page.
If your booklet is to be "saddle stitched" (stapled in the center), you may
want a slightly larger margin on the outside to allow for trimming.
Now set the "Gutter" measurement to half the width of your paper. If you are
using US Letter, this will be 5.5"; for US Legal, it will be 7".
You can see from the diagram in Page Setup that the text area of your page
will alternate from right (odd or recto pages) to left (even or verso
pages).
As you will have figured out, this will give you one page per sheet,
alternating right (odd pages) and left (even pages). Not to worry! Enter
your text sequentially, page 1 through the end.
You will, of course, need to have the total number of pages divisible by
four, so you may need to add blanks at the end. (You can either leave them
entirely blank or print "Notes" or some such at the top.)
To print, select "Odd pages" (at either the bottom-left or bottom-right of
the Print dialog, depending on your Word version).
After you have printed all the odd pages, return to the Print dialog, select
"Even pages," and click the "Options" button on the Print dialog and check
"Reverse print order" (remember to uncheck this when you've finished).
Feed your printed pages back through the printer to have the second page
printed.
You will find that (supposing you have an eight-page booklet) page 8 prints
on page 1, page 6 on 3, and so on.
This will give you camera-ready copy if you're planning to reproduce your
booklet by printing or photocopying.
If you're planning to duplex the pages yourself, you'll need to figure that
out from here (you'll end up with two copies of the booklet per print
operation, obviously).
You may find that there are some problems with printing specific pages
(especially in longer booklets) using the Word 2002 Booklet feature,
although printing the whole file works fine.
You may also find that "Inside" and "Outside" margins are reversed. The
latter is easy to work around by reversing the margin settings.
future reference.
I now need to create an eight-page "program" for a recital, using Word 2002.
I'm unclear about the printing procedure and would greatly appreciate some
advice:
When feeding the paper into the printer for the second time, which end goes
in first?
Also, I will not want the pages numbered.
Here is Suzanne's article:
Set up your document by first choosing Landscape orientation on the "Paper
Size" tab of Page Setup.
Then select "Mirror Margins" on the "Margins" tab. When you do this, the
margin measurements for "Left" and "Right" change to "Inside" and "Outside."
Set the margins you want for your half-size page.
If your booklet is to be "saddle stitched" (stapled in the center), you may
want a slightly larger margin on the outside to allow for trimming.
Now set the "Gutter" measurement to half the width of your paper. If you are
using US Letter, this will be 5.5"; for US Legal, it will be 7".
You can see from the diagram in Page Setup that the text area of your page
will alternate from right (odd or recto pages) to left (even or verso
pages).
As you will have figured out, this will give you one page per sheet,
alternating right (odd pages) and left (even pages). Not to worry! Enter
your text sequentially, page 1 through the end.
You will, of course, need to have the total number of pages divisible by
four, so you may need to add blanks at the end. (You can either leave them
entirely blank or print "Notes" or some such at the top.)
To print, select "Odd pages" (at either the bottom-left or bottom-right of
the Print dialog, depending on your Word version).
After you have printed all the odd pages, return to the Print dialog, select
"Even pages," and click the "Options" button on the Print dialog and check
"Reverse print order" (remember to uncheck this when you've finished).
Feed your printed pages back through the printer to have the second page
printed.
You will find that (supposing you have an eight-page booklet) page 8 prints
on page 1, page 6 on 3, and so on.
This will give you camera-ready copy if you're planning to reproduce your
booklet by printing or photocopying.
If you're planning to duplex the pages yourself, you'll need to figure that
out from here (you'll end up with two copies of the booklet per print
operation, obviously).
You may find that there are some problems with printing specific pages
(especially in longer booklets) using the Word 2002 Booklet feature,
although printing the whole file works fine.
You may also find that "Inside" and "Outside" margins are reversed. The
latter is easy to work around by reversing the margin settings.