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Subject:Re: Book layout software? From:Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:51:30 -0800
Re: Pages
>From Wikipedia ~ *Beginning in iWork '08, word processing and page layout
are two distinct modes.*
I would assume, then, that Pages has a booklet-printing provision. Another
term for this is imposition.
If Pages treats its text flow anything like PageMaker, you can insert text,
graphics, and even entire pages anywhere, anytime. When you print the
project as a "book," the software knows how to deal with the imposition.
For learning mode, you can easily create a dummy imposition. If the booklet
is to be 16 pages, stack four (16/4) scraps of paper that are the same size
on top of one another, then fold the stack in half as if you were creating a
small book by hand. Now number each page, starting with the cover. Finally,
separate the indivifual pieces of paper. The result is how the pages
should be numbered after being ejected from the printer. It's simpler than
it sounds.
I don't know if their fancy printer will center-staple the booklets. If not,
any office supply store sells long-reach staplers that can reach the center
gutter of booklets for so-called "saddle stitching."
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 5:43 PM, <jennysubs -at- mac -dot- com> wrote:
> Wrrlers-
>
> I told a local organization that, sure, I'd be happy to put together the
> program for their annual auction. I've worked on these before and mistakenly
> assumed they would take it to a printer.
>
> However, to save money, they want to use their fancy copier/printer and
> have it put the staples in the middle. Somehow, I have to figure out how to
> get the pages in the right places so that when they print 8.5 by 11
> double-sided and fold it, it will read in the proper order. I will also
> have to accommodate last-minute changes, so I worry that if I carefully
> figure it out, some last-minute fantastic item will show up and trash the
> text flow.
>
> So, what was a simple project has now become one that I am not sure how to
> do. (You'd think I would after being a tech writer since the dawn 'o time,
> but I haven't encountered this problem.)
>
> I have the following tools: Frame, Pages (Mac), and Word (Mac). I don't
> have inDesign.
>
> Does anyone know of an easy way to do this using the tools listed above? Is
> there a (free/cheap) add-on that could make my life easier?
>
> Awaiting the collected wisdom of our community....
>
> Jenny Greenleaf
> Portland, OR
>
>
>
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