book printing

[Chuck Stewart]

I have an 80-page book written in Word and I cannot find documentation to
show me how to print this on tabloid paper such that it forms a saddle-
stiched book. In tabloid form it will take 20 sheets of paper printed on both
sides. For example, the first sheet of paper should have pages 1 and 80 on
one side and pages 2 and 79 on the other side. How do I do this?

 

[Karla Oakley]

I too have been seeking info on this subject. Sadly, it is lacking for Mac
Office.

Here is a link to a good site
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/BookletPrinting.htm

And the main Mac Word MVP page
http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/MacWordHomePage.htm

Here is a good one I found
http://desktoppub.about.com/od/imposition/a/imposition.htm

Hope these help!

 

[Dayo Mitchell]

Karla, and Chuck, be sure to Send Feedback from the Help menu asking for a
Booklet Wizard for Mac Word. If it gets requested enough, maybe they will
add it.

Another possibility is a third-party program that handles the reorganization
of pages--previous discussion on these Mac newsgroups seems to have come to
a consensus that Cheap Impostor is the best of the alternatives (shareware,
$35?) and I think CocoaBooklet and BookLightning have also been mentioned,
at least one of those may have a free version, not totally sure.

If you use Google Groups to search the microsoft.public.mac.office.word
newsgroup
<http://www.google.com/advanced_group_search?hl=en>
For subjects like "book" or "booklet" you should be able to find the
discussions I am referring to, which should include a little more discussion
of the third-party programs. I think they are also available from
versiontracker.com which may have reviews of them.

DM