Set up newsletter on 11x17 paper in Publisher 2003?

[Cyathea]

I would like to send our newsletter digitally to our company's print room for
printing on 11x17 paper. How do I set it up in Publisher?

As in the past, I have created the newsletter in four individual pages.
I've always printed them on a regular laser jet printer, physically pasted
them together in an 11x17 format, and copied them on 11x17 paper. I'd like
to do it digitally to get a better quality newsletter.

I thought I would create two blank 11x17 pages in landscape, then copy and
paste the first and last pages on one, and the second and third pages on
another. However, I can't find 11x17. I've tried entering 11x17 in
"custom", but it tells me it will print it in three different sheets.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

 

[Mary Sauer]

The page setup will be a booklet. Does the print room printer handle tabloid paper?
Do you give over a disk with the Publisher newsletter?
If your local printer does not have tabloid capabilities, then Publisher will tile
your newsletter. If you know the printer the print room is using, download the driver
and select it as the setup printer. You can print to PDF as a solution. There are
free PDF converters around.
This is one, there are others.
http://www.primopdf.com/

 

[Cyathea]

Mary,

Thanks for the reply, but I'm afraid I'm not knowledgeable enough at this
point to do the things you mention. I don't know what tabloid paper is, and,
while I have heard of tiling, have never used it and don't know how it works.
Same with PDF; I know of it but haven't used it myself, other than to
download and read documents.

Sorry, I guess I'll have to learn a lot more before I tackle this. I do all
my newsletters on Publisher and am pretty comfortable using it, but
apparently there's a lot I don't know.

Thank you anyway; I appreciate your taking the time to answer.

Cyathea

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

What I'd suggest is that you talk to your local printer. Find out what
he/she wants.

Tabloid: A newspaper format that's roughly half the size of a broadsheet
newspaper, which is approx 14" X 23".
Tiling: Repeating the same image on a single sheet of paper.
..pdf: Portable Document Format. Developed by Adobe. Allows cross-platform
file sharing. There is a free Reader available which you probably use. There
are some low-cost/free alternatives to Acrobat for creating .pdf files. I've
recommended PrimoPDF (www.primopdf.com) to several people doing newsletters
for non-profit groups. Can't beat the price - FREE. And I'll bet your
printer would be thrilled to get a .pdf file to work from.

 

[Mike Koewler]

What I'd suggest is that you talk to your local printer. Find out what
he/she wants.

Tabloid: A newspaper format that's roughly half the size of a broadsheet
newspaper, which is approx 14" X 23".

For most printer drivers, a tabloid is 11 inches wide by 17 inches tall.
It's not just newspapers, many flyers use the same size. Tabloid Plus is
normally 13 inches by 19 inches.

Mike

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

I assumed as much but I double checked it on the web and they didn't mention
dimensions. To me, that size paper will ALWAYS be a B sized sheet. The
drafter in me can't help it.

 

[Cyathea]

Thanks, JoAnn. Good idea about checking with the printer. I just downloaded
PrimoPDF on Friday, after seeing mention of it several times in CNET. Very
easy to use; I hope you're right that the printer can print the newsletter
from that. If so, the problem is taken care of.

Thanks again.

Cyathea

What I'd suggest is that you talk to your local printer. Find out what
he/she wants.

Tabloid: A newspaper format that's roughly half the size of a broadsheet
newspaper, which is approx 14" X 23".
Tiling: Repeating the same image on a single sheet of paper.
..pdf: Portable Document Format. Developed by Adobe. Allows cross-platform
file sharing. There is a free Reader available which you probably use. There
are some low-cost/free alternatives to Acrobat for creating .pdf files. I've
recommended PrimoPDF (www.primopdf.com) to several people doing newsletters
for non-profit groups. Can't beat the price - FREE. And I'll bet your
printer would be thrilled to get a .pdf file to work from.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Mary,

Thanks for the reply, but I'm afraid I'm not knowledgeable enough at this
point to do the things you mention. I don't know what tabloid paper is,
and,
while I have heard of tiling, have never used it and don't know how it
works.
Same with PDF; I know of it but haven't used it myself, other than to
download and read documents.

Sorry, I guess I'll have to learn a lot more before I tackle this. I do
all
my newsletters on Publisher and am pretty comfortable using it, but
apparently there's a lot I don't know.

Thank you anyway; I appreciate your taking the time to answer.

Cyathea

 

[Cyathea]

Thanks for the information on tabloids, Mike.

Cyathea

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

The printer will not know that the .pdf file was created with a free program
versus the expensive one.

There is ONE warning about .pdf files tho: You need to watch what fonts you
use. If a font can't be embedded, it will NOT appear in your .pdf file. I've
learned to check to see which are and which aren't embedded. Then I take the
ones that aren't (generally free downloads off of the web) and put them on
the same disk as my newsletter and make sure I tell the printer about it.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Thanks, JoAnn. Good idea about checking with the printer. I just
downloaded
PrimoPDF on Friday, after seeing mention of it several times in CNET.
Very
easy to use; I hope you're right that the printer can print the newsletter
from that. If so, the problem is taken care of.

Thanks again.

Cyathea

What I'd suggest is that you talk to your local printer. Find out what
he/she wants.

Tabloid: A newspaper format that's roughly half the size of a broadsheet
newspaper, which is approx 14" X 23".
Tiling: Repeating the same image on a single sheet of paper.
..pdf: Portable Document Format. Developed by Adobe. Allows
cross-platform
file sharing. There is a free Reader available which you probably use.
There
are some low-cost/free alternatives to Acrobat for creating .pdf files.
I've
recommended PrimoPDF (www.primopdf.com) to several people doing
newsletters
for non-profit groups. Can't beat the price - FREE. And I'll bet your
printer would be thrilled to get a .pdf file to work from.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Mary,

Thanks for the reply, but I'm afraid I'm not knowledgeable enough at
this
point to do the things you mention. I don't know what tabloid paper
is,
and,
while I have heard of tiling, have never used it and don't know how it
works.
Same with PDF; I know of it but haven't used it myself, other than to
download and read documents.

Sorry, I guess I'll have to learn a lot more before I tackle this. I
do
all
my newsletters on Publisher and am pretty comfortable using it, but
apparently there's a lot I don't know.

Thank you anyway; I appreciate your taking the time to answer.

Cyathea


:

The page setup will be a booklet. Does the print room printer handle
tabloid paper?
Do you give over a disk with the Publisher newsletter?
If your local printer does not have tabloid capabilities, then
Publisher
will tile
your newsletter. If you know the printer the print room is using,
download the driver
and select it as the setup printer. You can print to PDF as a
solution.
There are
free PDF converters around.
This is one, there are others.
http://www.primopdf.com/

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com
I would like to send our newsletter digitally to our company's print
room for
printing on 11x17 paper. How do I set it up in Publisher?

As in the past, I have created the newsletter in four individual
pages.
I've always printed them on a regular laser jet printer, physically
pasted
them together in an 11x17 format, and copied them on 11x17 paper.
I'd
like
to do it digitally to get a better quality newsletter.

I thought I would create two blank 11x17 pages in landscape, then
copy
and
paste the first and last pages on one, and the second and third
pages
on
another. However, I can't find 11x17. I've tried entering 11x17 in
"custom", but it tells me it will print it in three different
sheets.

Thanks for any help you can give me.