View two page spread?

[Catt]

Hello,
I clicked on View>two page spread because I want to view both sides of a
single sheet at the same time. However, the view does not change even though
there is a check mark next to the command.
Shouldn't I be able to view both sides of a sheet at once?
TIA,
Catt

 

[Ed Bennett]

I clicked on View>two page spread because I want to view both sides
of a single sheet at the same time. However, the view does not
change even though there is a check mark next to the command.
Shouldn't I be able to view both sides of a sheet at once?

Nope. Two-page spread will only view spreads where there would be spreads
in the finished publication - e.g., between pages 2 and 3.

Print Preview will let you preview multiple pages at once, regardless of
their finished positions.

 

[Ed Bennett]

Not sure what you mean. You can only view more than one page if your
project is on more than one page. What do you mean by "both sides of
a single sheet"? If you only have one page, you can't view two!
That's common sense!

You're confusing "page" with "sheet".

One sheet of paper, two pages. A front page and a back page. Unless of
course you are clever and twist it and tape it up such that there really is
only one side, which is continuous.

 

[Ed Bennett]

Page/sheet, whatever. You're arguing semantics. Unless you're
duplexing, it amounts to the same thing.

I'm arguing printing. It was obvious from the OP that it would be duplexed.

 

[Mary Sauer]

You can view a two-page spread if you create 3 pages. The view will be pages 2
and 3, once you are finished creating, you can delete page one. It is a way to
see the pages side by side.

 

[michael adams]

Hello,

I clicked on View>two page spread because I want to view both sides of a
single sheet at the same time. However, the view does not change even though
there is a check mark next to the command.
Shouldn't I be able to view both sides of a sheet at once?
TIA,
Catt

Short answer: temporarily add a new page at the start of your publication.
This will throw all your pages forward one and so let you see two sides
of each page as a spread.

Longer answer:normally the two page display in DTP programs is so
as to allow you to see how a two page spread will look. This is so
as to identify and resolve possible layout issues. In other words the
display only shows what you can physically see. As you can't see both
sides of a page at once there's no requirement to show both sides. Only
facing pages.

However if you temporarily insert a new empty page 1 at the start, this will
move
page 1 to page 2. page 2 to page 3 etc, etc And so each spread will now
show what were formerly both sides of a sheet. Although why you should need
to see both sides is another matter.


michael adams

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[Catt]

Thanks for all the replies. The final reply spelled it all out. This was a
print issue. The back of the page, after printing, was not being fully
printed even though the guides were the same as page one and everything was
within the layout guides. The only way to make sure that the page elements
were laid out correctly was to view the page side by side.
Print preview allowed me to see it.
Inserting one empty page before the document (overriding Publishers
suggestion that I should add two (since I was viewing in a two page spread)
allowed me to see both pages side by side.

 

[Box134]

Semantics? You are thick. You don't know the difference between a sheet and
a page? Of course they're not the same. Doofus.

 

[Granny 3.1]

Give it up Ed she doesn't know anything about Publisher or even Word. You're
arguing with a mental midget. Monkey's only repeat can't think for
themselves. You know you are smarter than her so ignore the ignorance and
maybe, just maybe it will fade away. You should see what she writes on her
website and on UK's forum. Braindead is braindead and no matter how much you
argue or how right you are you can't put a human brain in a monkey's butt.

 

[Granny 3.1]

See Ed and Michael she figured it out, that's what both of you said to do.
So feel glad that she ignored the rest of the litter. I didn't answer
because it would only be repeating the correct answers of you both. Cuddos