Thursday, May 7, 2009

Using Microsoft Word for Booklet Printing

Some people do not know, but you can actually your Microsoft Word document for use in book printing. This should really help you to print brochures; you do not need extra training for more advanced publishing software. You can set your page margins or borders in Microsoft Word and all you simply hand the document over to the Publisher for booklet printing. It is so simple. Here are the steps you must follow.

1. First, fire up your Microsoft Word application. If you already have a document that you have written in your book content, simply click "File" then click "Open ..."

2. A dialog box will be. Look for the document you need and double click it to this document. (Of course, if you do not have your book's content is a new document should be doing, and you can skip this step)

3. Once you have the document you want to work with open. Click "File" and click and click Page Setup. “

4. Look for the tab markers above and click the "Margins" tab. This should show you all the options you need for setting the margin of pages of Microsoft Word document.

5. Now, look for the "Pages" section. The points must be clearly marked with the lines and a label indication. You should instead "More Pages" drop-down list of options. Click "down arrow" and see "Book fold" in the list down.

6. Then select "Book fold" option by clicking it once.

7. Next, type in the amount of space you want for the inner and outer margins. This is indicated in the "Inside" and "Outside" fields if you want to adjust.

8. You also need a space that is reserved for the binding or spine of the booklet. Does this by simply typing in the amount of space you need spine or binding of your book in the "gutter" area in the same department?

9. So look for "sheets per booklet" option. It should be a drop-down list under the heading "Pages" at the Margins tab. select the number of pages you want in your book for the book setup is complete.

10. When you are finished, click "OK" to "Page Setup" dialog.

11. Great! You're done! The document is now set to print a brochure. You should note that each page has a different setup margins in its position as "links" or a "right" side. This should be very useful if your document for booklet printing.

12. Now that is left to do is adjust your content (if you edited an existing document), or based on your content (if it is a new document).

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