Brian, Thank you very much. This did work for me, and I am now able to print out pages of my book in the format in which they will be viewed. This is a great aid to composition, editing and proofreading. Susan
-----Original Message----- >From: Brian Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: May 17, 2008 1:32 PM >To: [email protected] >Cc: Susan Cragin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [users] How to print 2 pages on one sheet of paper - booklet >format > >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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
