Publisher Printing booklets

[Betty Pratt]

I have a booklet comprised of 1/4 pages which are numbered. Publisher is
printing them out 1, 2, 3, 4 etc which, of course, isn't the way you want a
booklet to print.

I have set it in the advanced printing area for duplexing but it still
doesn't paginate correctly for the booklet. Has anyone else been able to do
this.

 

[Ed Bennett]

I have a booklet comprised of 1/4 pages which are numbered. Publisher is
printing them out 1, 2, 3, 4 etc which, of course, isn't the way you want a
booklet to print.

I have set it in the advanced printing area for duplexing but it still
doesn't paginate correctly for the booklet. Has anyone else been able to do
this.

Use the "Booklet" option in Page Setup.

 

[Betty Pratt]

Thanks for you answer but when I change it to Booklet it doesn't let me
print both numbered sides in the 1/4 page set up. I think it would work if it
was 1/2 page booklet.

 

[Mary Sauer]

If you want a quarter page booklet you need to setup your booklet differently.
In page setup, booklet, type 4.25 width, 5.5 height, portrait. Publisher will
say it will print two pages per sheet (Publisher's 2002-03-07)

If you only want one copy per sheet you will have to setup your printer for a
custom size and cut your stock before printing.

 

[Ed Bennett]

Thanks for you answer but when I change it to Booklet it doesn't let me
print both numbered sides in the 1/4 page set up. I think it would work if it
was 1/2 page booklet.

I'm having trouble understanding what you're doing and trying to do.

If you want a booklet of full pages stapled on one side then you want
the pages to come out in the order 1, 2, 3,..., and you want the Full
Page configuration.
If you want to print double-sided manually, then you'd want 1, 3, ...,
2, 4, ... - this can be done either using certain printer drivers or by
going through a PDF file.

If you want a booklet that consists of half-pages (either printed on
A3/Tabloid stock to give an A4/Letter-sized booklet or on
A4/Letter-sized stock to give an A5/half-letter-sized booklet), then you
want the booklet option.

In no case do you want to configure your printer driver to do 2-up
printing - this doesn't get the page ordering right. Let Publisher
handle the 2-up using the Booklet option.

 

[Betty Pratt]

Thanks to both of you for your answers. Believe me, I have tried everything
as have others who are also working on this. Maybe I'm not being clear in
describing what we're trying to do.

In order to make our booklets we need to print 4 pages per side (both sides)
of an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet. When printed the booklet will be 5.5 x 8 1/2--this
then folds in the middle so booklet will be (after folding) 4 1/4 w by 5.5 h.
This is a convenient size for our organization to carry.

After I had completed entering everything the page tabs were in order 1,2,3
etc. and Publisher printed them out just exactly that way which doesn't work
to put the booklets together. Example: on one printed page 10, 47 should be
on 1/2 of page, pages 46, 11 would be upside down on the other 1/2 of page;
on the back 48, 9 would be on 1/2 page and 12, 45 on other half.

I have ended up (with help from the person who prints our documents) cutting
and pasting so it will print right and using text boxes for page
numbering--it has been a bit of a nightmare--especially since I completed
this in Word initially--tried to import the file to Publisher (it had columns
and tables and wouldn't import) so cut and pasted it before. I do appreciate
your responses.

Betty Pratt

 

[Mary Sauer]

There is an unique booklet here that uses one piece of paper, is convenient to
carry.
http://msauer.mvps.org/publisher_projects2.htm

The original Pocketmod is here:
http://www.pocketmod.com/

 

[Betty Pratt]

Hi Mary--

I have downloaded it--will 'play' with it later--thanks a bunch

Betty Pratt

 

[Betty Pratt]

Hi Mary (again)

I read about the PocketMod and think it would be a great tool. Problem for
my project is that it is 40 pages and we need about 60 copies and the Pocket
Mod might be to labor intensive for that (however; at this point, don't think
anything could be more than what I have already done )

I appreciate that site and probably will use it for other projects later

Betty Pratt