Re: Non-standard Manual Sizes

[Jason Willebeek-LeMair <jlemair -at- ITEXCHSRV2 -dot- PHX -dot- MCD -dot- MOT -dot- COM>]

Word does not print crop marks, but you can find some clumsy workarounds
on the Microsoft Word home page: http://www.microsoft.com/msword/

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>From:  Kathy Marshall
>Reply To:      Kathy Marshall
>Sent:  Tuesday, July 29, 1997 6:28 PM
>To:    TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>Subject:       Re: Non-standard Manual Sizes
>
>All of our manuals are 7" X 8.5" (I chose this because it half the size
>of legal paper and I figured it would cut down the cost of trimming the
>pages.)
>
>We use FrameMaker, so all I do is create a new document, select the
>"Custom" option, and type in the page dimensions. We send it to the
>printer in PostScript form. FrameMaker also allows you to print
>registration marks (which identify where exactly the paper is to be
>trimmed). I print these, again, to make the printer's life easier.
>
>You probably have a similar option in Word (File-->Page Setup-->Paper
>Size). All you need to do is custom design the page and then explain to
>the printer how you want it (be very explicit; send sample pages if need
>be). However, I'm not sure Word has a registration marks option. I would
>recommend getting this professionally done, although for mockup
>purposes, you could print onto legal size paper and just cut it in half.
>
>my $.02,
>Kathy
>
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>> From:         Marie C. Paretti[SMTP:mparetti -at- RRINC -dot- COM]
>> Reply To:     Marie C. Paretti
>> Sent:         Tuesday, July 29, 1997 11:01 AM
>> To:   TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>> Subject:      Non-standard Manual Sizes
>>
>> A brief intro: I am the entire documentationand training department
>> for a
>> small software company.  We have some manuals, all written by very
>> nice,
>> well-meaning programmers, so I am basically starting from ground zero
>> and
>> creating a whole new set of documentation (which will include user
>> manuals,
>> system administrator/technical support manuals, and system integration
>> manuals).  Right now it's all on Word 97 (though from what I've read
>> on the
>> list and the potential size of the docs, I may work on trying to sell
>> Frame
>> to the powers the be).  And yes, I'm tired already, but I really like
>> my job!
>>
>> Here's my question: my boss asked me the other day about doing the
>> manuals
>> on something other than 8 1/2 x 11, so I searched the techwr-l
>> archives
>> this a.m. and discovered that, in fact, there seems to be a trend
>> toward
>> something more like 7 x 9.  Great.  But for those of you who churn out
>> these smaller manuals, how the heck do you physically produce the
>> things?
>> Do you need to have non-standard size manuals printed professionally?
>> Or
>> is there actually a company out there that will sell me 7 x 9 paper to
>> feed
>> into my printer?  Or is there some other handy solution I'm missing?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Marie
>>
>>
>> Marie C. Paretti
>> Department of English                           Recognition Research,
>> Inc.
>> University of Wisconsin - Madison        Blacksburg, Virginia
>> mparetti -at- facstaff -dot- wisc -dot- edu                        mparetti -at- rrinc -dot- com
>>
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>>
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