At 07:36 15/05/2008 -0400, you wrote:
I have a Planner with 5.5 x 8.5 pages.
I would like to print pages for it, on 8.5 x 11 paper.
My printer does duplex.
On the first side of the paper, I would need pages 1 and 3.
On the reverse side, I would need 4 and 2.
So when I cut the page in the middle, I would have two sheets of
paper, the first with pages 1 and 2, the second with 3 and 4.
Writer can do better than this - creating what it calls a
brochure. It will print pages 4 and 1 on one side and then 2 and 3
on the reverse. All you have to do is fold the paper, not to cut it,
and you will have the booklet that you require. If you have more
than four pages, Writer will spread the pages across multiple sheets
such that all the sheets can be folded together - not separately - to
produce the brochure.
Set up your pages in portrait orientation and with the page format
set to the actual size of the image, not the size of paper that you
will use - as if you were actually using smaller paper, that
is. When you print the document, make sure that you set the
*printer* to use landscape mode and the actual paper size, and tell
Writer to print as a brochure. The brochure setting is at Tools |
Options... | OpenOffice.org Writer | Print | Pages | Brochure, but
can also be reached on the fly at File | Print... | Options... . The
printer settings are at File | Printer Settings...; again, these can
be reached on the fly at File | Print... | Properties... .
In addition, I would eventually like openoffice writer to be able to
display 2 pages side-by-side.
You can do this in Print Preview, of course. Or you can display them
one above the other in normal view. And you can use Print Preview to
experiment with the brochure setting to see how it works.
I know that, with a great deal of fiddling, I could make a 2-column
sheet using Landscape, and position my pages manually, but since
some of my pages run over, this would not be convenient or useful for me.
Actually, you seem to underestimate what columns will do: there is no
fiddling involved. Go to Format | Columns... and set the position
and spacing there. But text in columns would not flow the way you
need, of course.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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