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weezie - 26 May 2007 08:29 GMT
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)
Robert M. Franz (RMF) - 26 May 2007 12:37 GMT
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)

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 - 26 May 2007 14:54 GMT
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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> Hi Weezie
>
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> HTH
> Robert
weezie - 26 May 2007 20:30 GMT
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.


> 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
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> > HTH
> > Robert
Suzanne S. Barnhill - 26 May 2007 21:35 GMT
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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> Thank you to both Suzanne and Robert for responding.
> Unfortunately, this option just split the document.  It printed on one
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> > > HTH
> > > Robert
Robert M. Franz (RMF) - 27 May 2007 10:41 GMT
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.

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 - 27 May 2007 16:40 GMT
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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Words into Type
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> Hi Suzanne
>
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> Greetinx
> Robert
 
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