mirror image?

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weezie

I want to create a simple to-do type page for my day-planner.
I tried to do this using mirror image formatting with a page-fold, but
it printed each side on a separate page.
I want it to print on one page so that I can cut it in half(landscape)
 
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Robert M. Franz (RMF)

Hi Weezie
I want to create a simple to-do type page for my day-planner.
I tried to do this using mirror image formatting with a page-fold, but
it printed each side on a separate page.
I want it to print on one page so that I can cut it in half(landscape)
Click to expand...

Setup up the document as portrait, and select "2 pages on 1" in the
print dialog (bottom right hand side).

Depending on what exactly it is you are doing, Excel or Outlook might be
more straight-forward.

HTH
Robert
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

I would once again advise that the "2 pages per sheet" setting in Page Setup
is more satisfactory for this type of layout than "2 pages per sheet" in the
Print dialog because you can design the pages at actual size and not be
having to calculate larger fonts, etc., for reduction.
 
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weezie

Thank you to both Suzanne and Robert for responding.
Unfortunately, this option just split the document. It printed on one
sheet, but split the first page and didn't print the second page at all. I
don't quite understand why this is so difficult to do. I may just have to
try to use tabbing to get the result that I want, but I will try first to do
it in excell.
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

If you use "2 pages per sheet" (in Page Setup) and set up a page as desired,
you can either duplicate the content on page 2 and then print the document,
or you can print pages 1, 1 to get the same page repeated on a single sheet.
Note that when you choose "2 pages per sheet," you need to change the page
orientation to Landscape to get two portrait pages on a landscape sheet.
 
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Robert M. Franz (RMF)

Hi Suzanne
I would once again advise that the "2 pages per sheet" setting in Page Setup
is more satisfactory for this type of layout than "2 pages per sheet" in the
Print dialog because you can design the pages at actual size and not be
having to calculate larger fonts, etc., for reduction.
Click to expand...

ah, there. Yes, I tend to overlook that one. I guess I find the
orientation hassle a bit strange. But it's still better to set it there,
because that's an actual property (on the document level, I presume)
which Word remembers. Anything in the Print dialog is gone next time you
enter it.

Greetinx
Robert
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

Precisely. It took me a while to realize the potential of "2 pages per
sheet" in Page Setup, but one very useful thing it can do is make it dead
easy to print two 3" x 4" name badge inserts on a 4" x 6" card. Given that
(a) the inserts that come with Avery name badges are virtually impossible to
get right the first time and (b) we reuse the name badges and consequently
need new inserts, I find that doing it this way is the easiest. I print them
2-up and then cut them in half.

I had done the job in the past using 3" x 4" table cells, but of course Word
gripes about the margins, and it's a lot harder to reprint a single badge,
or to print, say, badges 2 and 3 (as opposed to 1 and 2 or 3 and 4) on a
single card. "2 pages per sheet" just makes it so simple.
 
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