Publisher - A4 book fold - 1 image across 2 centre pages?

[Mark Thomas]

Publisher - A4 book fold - 1 image across 2 centre pages?

I have:
1. Page set up A4 book fold to A4 paper landscape - creates a folder
A5 booklet made up from pages 1 (front) 2 and 3 (centre) 4 (back).

2. Control M to put an image, of a animal, running across the
background of pages 2-3; i.e. one image across both pages, not an
image on each page.

3. Page 4 > View > ignore background to prevent the image appearing
on this page

It looks just as I want it to look. It measures 30cm across both
pages, 21 cm height etc - the problem comes when I try to print this.

If I opt for :

all - then it prints 4 pages onto 1 A4 page - each being A6

the first page only, as part of a booklet - then it prints 2 pages
each A6

If I opt for pages 2-3, the centre pages, as part of a booklet, then
it prints pages 2-3 as A6 pages at the top of an A4 page...

It did once print pages 2-3 onto the A4 landscape page but put 3 first
then 2 - so that the animal's head was chasing its own rear end!

How do I get it to print out as it appears on screen?
Perhaps I am being very dumb!

 

[°°°MS°Publisher°°°]

The only version of Publisher you can do what you want is Publisher 2003.

To do it successfully in other versions of Publisher will mean you have to
set up the file manually.

Depends on what brand and model of printer you are using if it can be done
successfully.

If it is going for offset printing in a PDF etc. no problem.

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[Mark Thomas]

The only version of Publisher you can do what you want is Publisher 2003.

Isn't this the sort of task that Publisher exists for - if it can't do
this basic leaflet, what is the point etc?

 

[°°°MS°Publisher°°°]

Mark not every program can do everything and with the price Publisher is, it
is a highly capable product for the large majority of jobs.

You may like to know Publisher has some tools that programs more than fives
times its price don't have.

As it has been explained to you, you can set this up manually.

Considering that the large percentage of jobs (read most) would be printed
out on a desktop printer which will not print this type of job, it is not at
all surprising that MS would not put in a feature that few would use and
cannot be printed on a desktop printer.
There are probably two or three printers at most which will bleed print so
what good is it having a feature that 99% of the desktop printers will not
print.

Mark go back to bed and get out the right side so life is not such a bitch

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