Thanks a lot: I will try some of the additional software. Roussanka
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008, The Org Dork wrote: >> On Feb 16, 2008, at 3:19 AM, Roussanka Loukanova wrote: > >>> Is there some way, perhaps similar to this, to get every two (four, >>> etc.) >>> pages of a file.pdf printed on single pages of a 2up-file.pdf >>> (4up-file.pdf, etc), typically useful for handouts. > > On 2/16/08 8:50 AM, "James Harrison" wrote: > >> I'm not entirely sure what you mean. Of course, you can print multiple >> pages of a PDF onto single pages of paper (or of a file) using Layout >> in the Print dialog to choose how many pages you want to print onto >> one page and the pattern in which they should print. If you want to >> print a "facing pages" display multiple times to a page, you can't do >> that directly unless there's a specialized piece of software designed >> for that task. > > There are a number of specialized pieces of software for the Macintosh that > do this. These are what are called "PDF Services", and the install into a > folder of that name (PDF Services) in the user's Library folder. > > If there is no such folder, then you may create one. There is a folder by > that name in the default OS install, however. > > You will see the PDF Services themselves in the standard Mac print dialog. > There is a button, at the lower left of the print window, which says 'PDF', > with a small drop-down arrow/menu. > > Those items are the items represented in your PDF Services folder. > > So, I alluded to making 'booklets' in an earlier post, which is generally > what we're talking about. > > I prefer to use a tool called 'CocoaBooklet', which you can get here: > <http://www.iconus.ch/fabien/cocoabooklet/> > > Also, you could use 'Create Booklet', a similarly oriented tool: > <http://web.mac.com/vogelbusch/Site/Programs/Programs.html> > > I can not speak to the differences between, but I have installed and used > both of them with success. > > HTH. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
