How can I publish a chapbook, 4-up

[John Wester]

I have Office 2007 and want to publish a chapbook (a booklet) of poetry using
publisher. I want the pages to go 4-up on a 8.5x11 sheet, which I will cut in
half and fold and saddle staple the booklet. Can I import from a word
document and have the pages fall into order so that the pagination turns out
right when I saddle staple the book together? I've done it by hand, literally
cutting a pasting and taken it to Kinkos. But it seems Publisher should be
able to do this for me--but I can't figure it out. My email is
(e-mail address removed) if anyone has any ideas.

John Wester

 

[Mary Sauer]

Are you saying you want a booklet 4.25 X 5.5? If this is the case you will have
to cut the stock first and then print. Setup your printer for a custom size 8.5
X 5.5, landscape.
I have a chapbook template on my web page but it is for a standard 5.5 X 8.5
booklet.
http://msauer.mvps.org/publisher_projects2.htm

You can import Word documents into Publisher. One way is to create a text box,
right-click, change text, text file.