On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:23:37 +1200, Helpful Harry
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>In article <1oi583dpgb1uddmp0q3thtn6pnp212v0cs@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Grover
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>> I grabbed an upgrade from PM 6.5 to 7.0, and can now place my Word
>> 2003 do***ent.
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>> But.... Looks fine on the screen..... and then
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>> When I go to print, I get a smaller size than I have specified. I
>> picked the "half letter" size, and have tried both the default .5"
>> margin and a 0" margin, and am printing 2 pages per page.
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>> The result is about a 1 1/4" left and right margin, with about an 1
>> 1/2" top and bottom margin; all surrounded by a hairline page outline.
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>> What I'm trying to do is (what I used to do way back with PM 4 or
>> earlier) print - double sided duplex - so I can take it to a copy
>> shop, have them run off a bunch of these cookbooks for the church (120
>> pages), make one cut, and comb bind the result.
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>> Unfortunately the copy of the help files on this copy of PM 7 is
>> trashed with no backup, so I can't search for help there. Would
>> appreciate any help...
>>
>> Grov
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>Unlike Word, the margins within PageMaker don't mean anything - they're
>there only as a guide for you the user. The amount of data that can be
>printed to the page and how close to the edge you can get will depend
>on the printer and driver software. A good miniumum for most inkjets is
>0.5 inches from all sides, while laser printers can usually go to
>0.25inches.
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>PageMaker can print to non-postscript printers with no problems, the
>exception being if you use Postscript fonts or images of course. To get
>around this you can ex****t the PageMaker do***ent to a PDF and then
>print the PDF instead.
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>The "hairline page outline" sounds like you using the printer's own "2
>per page" option, which will make the pages smaller than "normal" or
>even "half-normal". Creating a do***ent that uses full A4 pages (to use
>a simple example size) and then trying to get the printer to shrink
>them to 2xA5 to an A4 isn't the best way to achieve what you want.
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>There's two ways to get what you want:
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> - A5 sized pages
> Define the do***ent within PageMaker to use A5 sized pages
> and then design the do***ent in the reader's order
> (ie. page 1, page 2, page 3, etc.). Once finalised you can
> use the Build Booklet plug-in to create the 2xA5 to an A4
> for printing.
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> - A4 sized pages
> Define the do***ent to use A4 pages and set them to have two
> columns with a gap / gutter of twice the margin measurements.
> Design the do***ent in this order:
> Do***ent page 1 = Book page X and book page 1
> Do***ent page 2 = Book page 2 and book page X-1
> Do***ent page 3 = Book page X-2 and book page 3
> Do***ent page 4 = Book page 4 and book page X-3
> ...
> Do***ent page X/2 = Book page X/2 and book page (x/2)+1
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> Note the zig-zag pattern of the book pages on alternating
> right and left sides of the do***ent pages.
> This will then print in the correct order for assembling into
> the final book.
>
>Either way, when printing turn OFF the silly "2 per page" option in the
>print window and print normal sized pages.
>
Thanks! I'm on track now! It's been quite a while since I did anything
serious with Pagemaker....
One more question if I may...
I would like to have some divider pages in this cookbook. Is there any
way to have more control over the page numbers? I would like to have a
page (actually 2 - blank back side) after page 30, and have the next
page after the divider page be page 31. I've tried an additional
master, but that didn't seem to work. Perhaps a "skip page number"
command or control.
Really appreciate your help.
Grov
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