On 20 Jun 2008 at 13:18, Clair Johnston wrote: ... > I have been doing this for a number of years, but the approach I use > includes a $50 (USD) piece of software. > > 1) Create the document as usual to the appropriate size (usually 1/2 page) > 2) Write the document as a PDF. (easy with OOo) > 3) Open the PDF with CutePDF ( http://www.cutepdf.com/ ) The progam > costs $50USD, but is well worth every penny when dealing with PDFs.
Bullzip PDF printer is what I use - freebie. There are others. > 4) Create the Booklet. > 5) Print (easy with duplex printer - a little more complicated with > single sided) Except I think the page ordering will be wrong then?? > We have a saying around here "When your only tool is a hammer, > everything looks like a nail." Oh, it does, it does .... I once wrote an exemplar distributed file system.... the code looked /remarkably/ like the speech recognizer I'd been working on the year before. The main difference was the file system worked :-) But back to the the topic, if the OP is /really/ stuck, I'd seriously suggest the postscript (or pdf) intermediate output then use psbook and/or its friends to tidy up - the suite (pstools??) is quite flexible. -- Permission for this mail to be processed by any third party in connection with marketing or advertising purposes is hereby explicitly denied. http://www.scottsonline.org.uk lists incoming sites blocked because of spam [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike Scott, Harlow, Essex, England --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
