How Do I format two pages per sheet?

[Leighton Lee]

I am learning my way around a new iMac (have been a PC person up to now). I
installed Microsoft Office Mac 2008 since I prefer using word but am having
one problem:

I can't arrange my page setup for two pages per sheet. There must be a way
to do this. (I don't want to shrink two pages to print on one; I want to
start a new document where this is setup already.)

Can anyone help?

Thanks,
Leighton Lee
Calgary, AB Canada

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Leighton:

This is controlled by your screen-size and the Zoom ratio you set.

1) Close all other documents

2) Open your Normal.dotm template

3) Go to View>Zoom>Many pages... And choose the setup you like.

4) Now, type a space or some other character and delete it (marks the
document as "changed", otherwise Word won't save it.

5) Now save and close that document

6) Now QUIT Word (empties the old copy from memory)

When you restart, every new document you create should open in two-page
view.

Unfortunately, it won't do anything for existing documents, they will all
open at the zoom they were last saved at. Everyone else uses a macro to fix
that, but in Word 2008 you don't have any macros.

Cheers

I am learning my way around a new iMac (have been a PC person up to now). I
installed Microsoft Office Mac 2008 since I prefer using word but am having
one problem:

I can't arrange my page setup for two pages per sheet. Ther must be a way
to do this. (I don't want to shrink two pages to print on one; I want to
start a new document where this is setup already.)

Can anyone help?

Thanks,
Leighton Lee
Calgary, AB Canada

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