A5 booklet

[pussyfoot]

I want to turn a multiple page document into an A5 booklet. Is there such a program out there to do this that is reasonably cheap as it will probably be a one off.

Thanks

[tenrec]

What program was the document created in?

[pussyfoot]

sorry should have said...It's a word doc

[tenrec]

Can you not just go to page set up and alter size of page?

[tenrec]

Or if you have publisher, that would work.

[boxtops]

Does this help????

http://blog.prominent...es-in-microsoft-word/


You might have to scroll down a bit to find your exact requirements..

[pussyfoot]

Not very clued up on technology, sorry, (old person syndrome!) just thought as there seems to be programs out there for everything else - there may just be one for what I want.

[sherrardk]

How many copies do you want to make - could you play the 'clueless' card and get a photocopying place to turn it into a booklet for you?

[pussyfoot]

Thanks 'boxtops' I'll keep that in mind, but it was more of a 6-12 page booklet I was looking for rather than a copied page, though this will be useful also.

[woofgang]

You take your printed a4 sheets to Staples and ask them to produce you an a5 comb bound book, it costs a couple of quid.

[pussyfoot]

Thanks sherrardk & woofgang, Its something sentimental that I really wanted to produce myself, it means a lot to me if I can do this via my own effort rather than get a shop to do it. (with a little help from my friends, that is :)

[sherrardk]

You could faff around printing pages out and then turning the paper around, etc - might cost a bit in ink (and temper) though.

[pussyfoot]

Ha Ha! Ink & temper under control, how do I faff...

[bert_h]

The computer printer (a RICOH model) in our office does this as a setup option - for example it offers portrait, landscape, and double-sided, but the two you'd be interested in are 'paper saving' which is every four A4 document pages printed half-size onto both sides of an A4 sheet, and 'booklet' which is the same idea but all the pages re-ordered so that the output is ready for folding and stapling. All you need is an e-mail friend who works in an office with one of these. But if you can't find one, that's how a copy shop would do it for you; no program, all done in the printer itself.

[HowardKennitby]

I assume you mean that each page is A5 size. Does your printer do duplex? That means print on both sides of a sheet automatically.

[pussyfoot]

Thanks bert_h & howard, I take it i'm looking for a program that doesn't exist then (sorry, wish to god I could keep up with technology).

Thanks for all help - much appreciated x

[sherrardk]

You'll get there in the end, hope it's appreciated.

[wildwood]

To make your own booklet... Set your word document up in A4 page size and set to landscape orientation with two columns, that will give you x pages of A5 text.

Fold two A4 blank papers in half and place into each other like a book. You now have 4 double sided pages (8 pages of text). for 12 pages of text fold three papers etc. Look how many A5 pages your document has turned into - say 6, this will leave the front and back blank. Write a number on each page of your folded 'book', you will now know which pages will need to be printed on the same A4 paper - eg. 2 goes with 5 etc.

Now you can start a new word document and set up the same; A4 landscape 2 columns with the appropriate margins. Then copy each page from the previous document to the new one in proper order; page 2 on the right side of the paper and 5 on the left etc.

You can now easily print out the pages and staple the two together and fold. You've now made a small booklet. More pages (in multiples of four) are easily added.

It seems a lot of work but it is really easy and quick.

[kia cat]

We did do it for my Grandson, it was a lot easier than I expected. I hope this helps

http://office.microso...klet-HP003072949.aspx

Good Luck

[bert_h]

Wildwood - it would be great to use your idea here at home - so just HOW do you get Word to put the image of an A4 portrait page into the A5 half of a landscape page?

[wildwood]

The A4 page is in two columns so just copy the text from the half of the A4 that you need and paste in into the A5.