Two-up printing help please

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Microsoft - 30 Dec 2003 22:36 GMT

Hi--

Is there any way to print a document two-across?

I am printing a 5.5" x 8.5" manual 2-up on 8.5x11 paper, which will be
copied on a high-speed copier, then cut in half.

Right now I am printing the left half, changing the margins to move the text
to the right halfm then running the paper thru the printer again. There has
to be a better way

Thanks,
Dennis

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 30 Dec 2003 23:13 GMT

In Word 2000 and above, you can print 2 pages per sheet, but unless you want
Word to print 1 and 2 on the first sheet, 3 and 4 on the second, and so on,
you have to specify which two pages. To print each page twice, you'd have to
put 1,1,2,2,3,3... in the Pages box.

For booklet printing, you might want to consider the other options described
at
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Formatting/BookletPrinting.htm

Also, note that you could accomplish the same thing you're already doing
without changing the margin by just rotating the paper when printing the
second side. The orientation of the text on the page wouldn't matter if
they're to be cut apart anyway.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)

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> Hi--
>
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> Thanks,
> Dennis

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Microsoft - 31 Dec 2003 15:18 GMT

Dear Suzanne:

Thanks for your speedy reply. That is exactly what I needed. I made a VBS
macro so I don't have to type in 1,1,2,2...98,98 ! Actually, there was a 255
character limit on the pages parameter, so I output the pages in blocks of
25.

> Also, note that you could accomplish the same thing you're already doing
> without changing the margin by just rotating the paper when printing the
> second side. The orientation of the text on the page wouldn't matter if
> they're to be cut apart anyway.

Not so. I learned this the hard way. The copier goes from single-sided
masters to two-sided copies. The back side came out upside-down in relation
to the front -- we tried turning every-other master page upside-down, but
that caused another problem--I think the wrong page came out on the back.

Thanks again and happy new year.

Dennis Hevener
http://hosenose.com

> In Word 2000 and above, you can print 2 pages per sheet, but unless you want
> Word to print 1 and 2 on the first sheet, 3 and 4 on the second, and so on,
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> > Thanks,
> > Dennis

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