Booklet Printing from Word 2007 Document

[grammatim]

It happened to come out to 36 pages. But if it had come out to 33
pages, would Word really not have been able to figure out it needed to
add three blank sides at the end? Reader has no problem with that.

It must be a printer thing, because on the All-in-One it printed
immediately.

Seehttp://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UnaccountablyIndented.htmfor a
likely explanation of your indention.

No, because the header containing the page number is still there (and
is set to the proper right margin).

If it were FrameMaker, I would go to the Master page and delete the
extra text frame that might have somehow gotten in during a
reformatting. But we don't have Master pages.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Whether Word "figures it out" or not depends on the settings. If you choose
the default "All" for the number of pages, it's up to you to make sure you
have a correct number.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

It happened to come out to 36 pages. But if it had come out to 33
pages, would Word really not have been able to figure out it needed to
add three blank sides at the end? Reader has no problem with that.

It must be a printer thing, because on the All-in-One it printed
immediately.

Seehttp://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UnaccountablyIndented.htmfor a
likely explanation of your indention.

No, because the header containing the page number is still there (and
is set to the proper right margin).

If it were FrameMaker, I would go to the Master page and delete the
extra text frame that might have somehow gotten in during a
reformatting. But we don't have Master pages.

 

[grammatim]

I don't expect to be trying it again, especially if it's going to
cause the first line of every page to be indented 1/8" from the right
margin. That's completely unacceptable and apparently uncorrectable.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Well, it wouldn't be doing that if you didn't have a wandering page number
frame as explained in the article I referenced.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

I don't expect to be trying it again, especially if it's going to
cause the first line of every page to be indented 1/8" from the right
margin. That's completely unacceptable and apparently uncorrectable.

 

[grammatim]

May I send you the file, so you can hunt for the supposed wandering
page number frame? (You might find the chapter interesting, too.)

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Sure, send it along.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

May I send you the file, so you can hunt for the supposed wandering
page number frame? (You might find the chapter interesting, too.)

 

[David]

I usually use the "All" choice for "Sheets per booklet." Just keep in mind
that they need to be a multiple of 4. Unless you have a printer that
duplexes automatically, your best bet is to print just one side of a page
and duplex by photocopying, but you could experiment with Word's "Manual
duplex" setting.

As for the number of pages, when you go to create a booklet, keep in mind
that you will probably want to reduce the margins and type size from what
you would use for a full-sized page.

I need to thank you for all your suggestions. Word does a good job
for me with the booklet printing. The fact that Word reflows the text
is fine for my application. But, I suppose that depends on what your
end product is.

I did find one other interesting way of booklet printing. I use Word
2007 to add footnotes, page numbers, borders, etc. - any other special
effects desired. I then use a special download from Microsoft's
download site to do a "save as" to a pdf file. I use Adobe Acrobat
(at least 8.1) to print using Adobe's booklet print mode. Using Adobe
to do the booklet printing keeps the same text on a given page. Adobe
reduces the margins a small amount. Adobe also allows you to print
only the front side, back side and to reverse the page order. This is
handy for some printers - like my laser.

Dave

 

[grammatim]

Sent (both versions) a few minutes ago.

Sure, send it along.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA


May I send you the file, so you can hunt for the supposed wandering
page number frame? (You might find the chapter interesting, too.)

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

As I indicated in my email reply, a page number frame (with the page number
still in it) was in fact the culprit.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Sent (both versions) a few minutes ago.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Apparently you can accomplish the same thing (with a PDF) even using Adobe
Reader--at least that's how I interpret grammatim's remarks.