question about printing

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P D Sterling

I am a rank newbie, having been given a Publisher 2000 disk and having
installed it. I want to type up my library club's newsletter, and I am
given to understand that Publisher will be more cooperative about this.

I fantasize that I can create two 11 x 17 pages (page 4 and page 1, and
page 2 and page 3), which I could not do in Word because Word figured
out that I don't have a printer which will accommodate 11 x 17 paper.

Will I be spared this annoyance in Publisher or shall I soldier on the
way I have done it for years? Any advice will be gratefully appreciated.
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Regards,

P D Sterling
New York, Texas & Texas, New York
 
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P D Sterling

well, a scenario which springs to mind is: I could carry the file to
Office Depot and they would print it, or I could mail it to a client and
they would get it printed by hook or crook. now how do I know which
printer to install?

Regards,

P D Sterling
New York, Texas & Texas, New York
 
U

Uncle Grumpy

P D Sterling said:
well, a scenario which springs to mind is: I could carry the file to
Office Depot and they would print it, or I could mail it to a client and
they would get it printed by hook or crook. now how do I know which
printer to install?
Click to expand...

Contact Office Depot or the client and ask.
 
L

LVTravel

You could install one of the free PDF printing programs (I use PrimoPDF from
http://www.primopdf.com/primopdf_free_idx.aspx.) This has the capability to
print to 11X17 format which will give you the capability to create the same
size pages in Publisher AND Office Depot or your client could use the PDF
file, probably better than the Publisher file you would create.
 
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P D Sterling

that's a remote possibility. why does Uncle Bill prevent me from
creating what I want, and accepting responsibility for whether or
whether not it will print at my location?

Regards,

P D Sterling
New York, Texas & Texas, New York
 
P

P D Sterling

I am going to try this. I didn't fully flesh out the scenario, in which
I create the newsletter in Microsoft, but translate it to Adobe to
preserve all font formatting, etc. Thanks for posting!

Regards,

P D Sterling
New York, Texas & Texas, New York
 
J

JoAnn Paules

Because Publisher is a desktop publishing program and that almost always
involves a printer at some point (when used as a DTP).

Uncle Bill doesn't prevent you from creating a tabloid size document, he
just wants you to make sure that once you do, you can print it. Imagine how
frustrated you would be if you put in time creating the world's greatest
newsletter and you've tweaked it to perfection...but now you're up a creek
because you can't print something that size. Sure, you laugh now - but
chances are you've done something that involved a lot of work and then found
out you had to all but start over again all because some safeguard wasn't in
place. It's quite frustrating, isn't it? :-(

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
 
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P D Sterling

Okay, I guess my focus as a keyboard surfer isn't in synch with other
people. I do a lot of projects that I never see in the flesh, because I
ship them out and let the client decide if they will print 2 pages or 4 etc.

Regards,

P D Sterling
New York, Texas & Texas, New York
 
J

JoAnn Paules

I wouldn't want to be the one to decide what to include in a program. No
matter what you do someone will want something else or have a valid argument
against an included feature. Hey! That sounds a lot like "Life" in general!

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
 

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