Re: [libreoffice-users] extension or program for "book printing"?

I may be mistaken, but I seem to recall that older versions of OpenOffice 
had "booklet" instead of "brochure" for the printing option.

I haven't printed a booklet in several years, but I walked through it this 
morning before I sent my email and I was surprised to see "brochure" as the 
option. Again, I remembered it as "booklet," but again, my memory may be 
playing tricks on me.

I agree that "booklet" is more descriptive of what we're trying to 
accomplish, so you're not "a bit dumb."

Virgil



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Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] extension or program for "book printing"?


OK
I am being a bit dumb.

I did not check out the "Brochure" option for printing.

For me, a brochure was a single sheet of paper divided into 3 columns
and printed on 2 sides.  It did not go beyond the single sheet.

Newsletters and booklets were more than one sheet.

So I just tested the Brochure printing out with very large numbers on
each page, one per page representing its page order.  Used 2 pages per
sheet and the brochure option.

Yes, it works they way I was looking for.

SO
I was all hung up with the term "Brochure" for a printing option. As I
said, "brochure" is a single double sided sheet, and newsletter/booklet
is for more than one double sided sheets per document.

I have not made a newsletter/booklet with LO yet, except the simple
double sided portrait documents.  I was asked if I wanted to help with a
8 or 12 page/face newsletter in the coming few months, so I was looking
into the options.  Now I just have to work on the column text that
starts on page one and then flows into page 3 or 4, like magazine and
other articles do from time to time in newsletters and other documents
that use a multi-column segmented article format.


On 11/12/2012 10:45 AM, VA wrote:
> Maybe I don't understand what you mean, but I've printed booklets many 
> times with OO and I assume Libre works the same.
>
> I begin with US letter size paper, but in my page layout, I set up a 
> custom page size, which is essentially one/half the letter size and I keep 
> it on "portrait."
>
> When printing, I open the print dialog box. Under "Properties," I make 
> sure the printer is set on "landscape."
>
> I then click on the "Page Layout" tab and check the "brochure" option. 
> With a duplex (double-sided) printer, it prints everything out perfectly 
> and in order as a booklet. I then have an extra long stapler that I can 
> use to staple in the middle of the letter-sized paper.
>
> It's harder with a single-side printer because you have to either manually 
> feed the pages one at a time and flip them over or figure out which order 
> to put the stack in after it prints all of one side; that gets a little 
> hairy, at least for me.
>
> Virgil
>
> -----Original Message----- From: webmaster-Kracked_P_P
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 9:16 AM
> To: LibreO - Users Global
> Subject: [libreoffice-users] extension or program for "book printing"?
>
>
> Since there was the thread about the "Book Preview", I was wondering if
> there is either an extension out there or a external program that would
> print the pages of the document in the correct order for "Book Printing".
>
> When you have a landscape double sided sheet with two pages printed on
> each side [letter or tabloid sized paper], you need to arrange the pages
> in a set order for the pages to print out on the correct sheet and
> suchfor the colation and folding of the sheets into a book format.
>
> I use to do a lot of multi-sheet newsletters printed onto tabloid
> paper.  I ended up making a template in PageMaker that had the pages
> listed in the placement for printing and not for the standard document
> printing.  I had a template for each page count version of the
> newsletter, such as 2 or 3 tabloid sheets.
>
> I would like to find an extension or external package that would print
> out the pages in the proper order for the placement on the sheets
> instead of doing it manually. Since I use both Windows and Linux, I
> could use a package for either OS.
>
> Anyone know of a package or extension that would do the work?


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