Set Up To Print Book, 2 Sides, L & R Margins Alternate-Pagination

[Rafael Montserrat]

Word 2004
OS 10.4.7
Ibook G4

Hi,

First. Thanks to everyone for many good answers to all my questions.

My question now is about how to make pages for a binder or a book. The
criteria are:

- printed both sides of the paper
- different side margins front and back to make room for the binder rings
- maintain pagination

Thanks,

Rafael

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Hi Rafael,

To print both sides, presumably you have a duplex printer? (If not, you can
do manual duplex, where you print all the odd ones, then flip over that
paper and print the even ones--or, it may be easier to just take it to
Kinko's, and get them to bind it as well as print it).

For extra room for the binder rings--go to Format | Document, and check
"mirror margins". Notice the margins settings change. You can either set a
gutter, or leave the gutter at 0 and increase the inside margin. I'm not
sure it matters which you do‹-either method should keep the inside clear.
You might experiment.

Page Numbers work pretty much the same as usual--you can use Odd and Even
headers if you always want the page number to be on the outside. I'm not
sure what else you might mean by pagination?

If you have multiple chapters, and you want them to always start on an
odd/right-hand piece of paper, you can Insert an Odd Page Section Break at
the beginning of all chapters, and Word will handle it, inserting an extra
page where necessary. (this may get confusing if you are doing manual
duplex)

Regardless, I would suggest printing a few test pages before sending the
whole job, to make sure you like the setup.

 

[Elliott Roper]

Word 2004
OS 10.4.7
Ibook G4

Hi,

First. Thanks to everyone for many good answers to all my questions.

My question now is about how to make pages for a binder or a book. The
criteria are:

- printed both sides of the paper
- different side margins front and back to make room for the binder rings
- maintain pagination

Format » Document
Try Help:
The magic phrase is "facing pages"
The magic word is "gutter"

You really mean different margins inside and outside.

Pagination is not a problem. Number as usual. Do start chapters on
recto pages, which should have odd numbers. Do this by making each
chapter a new section which starts on odd page.
Printing might be more interesting. If your printer lacks a duplex
option, a little experimentation with Word's and Apple's print
dialogues and you printer will show you how. The exact recipe depends
on whether your printer tumbles the pages and whether you are printing
landscape or portrait. (Experiment hint: number one side of the raw
stock in pencil before you start).
e.g both my printers tumble, and feed the output face down, top toward
the operator. The duplexer on one is busted and the other never had
one. The recipe is the same for each.
Print even reversed. Place the output stack back in the input hopper
without any rotation. Print odd. The result is a duplex stack in the
right order face down in the output tray.
(If you have an odd number of pages, doing even reversed first means
the last page out will be the last odd page, blank on the other side,
having used all the original pass paper and one more sheet. It saves
thinking about preparing the stack for the second pass.

If you bind on the long edge (landscape) then there is a twist on
re-stack. Which way depends on the page-set-up you chose in the print
dialogue.

You may also get tripped up by certain section changes splitting the
print run. That will ruin any attempt to print all evens then all odds
on a second pass. If you run into that, the fix involves printing to
PDF and stitching the PDFs back before you print on paper.

 

[Rafael Montserrat]

OK. I'll have it a go. 'recto'? Thanks.




Format » Document
Try Help:
The magic phrase is "facing pages"
The magic word is "gutter"

You really mean different margins inside and outside.

Pagination is not a problem. Number as usual. Do start chapters on
recto pages, which should have odd numbers. Do this by making each
chapter a new section which starts on odd page.
Printing might be more interesting. If your printer lacks a duplex
option, a little experimentation with Word's and Apple's print
dialogues and you printer will show you how. The exact recipe depends
on whether your printer tumbles the pages and whether you are printing
landscape or portrait. (Experiment hint: number one side of the raw
stock in pencil before you start).
e.g both my printers tumble, and feed the output face down, top toward
the operator. The duplexer on one is busted and the other never had
one. The recipe is the same for each.
Print even reversed. Place the output stack back in the input hopper
without any rotation. Print odd. The result is a duplex stack in the
right order face down in the output tray.
(If you have an odd number of pages, doing even reversed first means
the last page out will be the last odd page, blank on the other side,
having used all the original pass paper and one more sheet. It saves
thinking about preparing the stack for the second pass.

If you bind on the long edge (landscape) then there is a twist on
re-stack. Which way depends on the page-set-up you chose in the print
dialogue.

You may also get tripped up by certain section changes splitting the
print run. That will ruin any attempt to print all evens then all odds
on a second pass. If you run into that, the fix involves printing to
PDF and stitching the PDFs back before you print on paper.

 

[Elliott Roper]

OK. I'll have it a go. 'recto'? Thanks.

right hand page of open book
verso is the other one.

Good luck. It is not too hard to get right in three or four attempts.
;-)
It looks great when it is done, and after a while there is a net saving
in pine forests.