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Date:         Thu, 8 Oct 1992 08:53:33 MST
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From:         Steven Salik <ICSHS@ASUACAD.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: printing a booklete

On Thu, 8 Oct 1992 08:53:05 CDT Chris Barnes said:
>I sent this a few months ago to WP51-L, but haven't seen anything
>about it lately.  I am trying to print a booklete, ie.  print in
>landscape mode, fold in half, and staple, the pages come out in
>the right order.  I called WP's 1-800 number and they didn't have
>a clue as to what I was even talking about.  I would attempt to
>write the following macro myself, but I have never even attempted
>to write even a simple WP macro, so I think this one would be
>out of my league (even though the logic is simple).
>
>If you are having a hard time understanding what I want, try this
>little exercise:  take 4 sheets of blank paper, fold them in half,
>write page numbers on the (half) sheets, then unfold and look at
>where the page numbers are written.  This is what you get:
>
>sheet of paper 1:
>front:              (fold
>                    crease)
>      /---------------^---------------\
>      |               !               |
>      |               !               |
>      |    16         !       1       |
>      |               !               |
>      \---------------^---------------/
>back:
>      /---------------^---------------\
>      |               !               |
>      |               !               |
>      |    2          !       15      |
>      |               !               |
>      \---------------^---------------/
>
>sheet of paper 2:
>front:              (fold
>                    crease)
>      /---------------^---------------\
>      |               !               |
>      |               !               |
>      |    14         !       3       |
>      |               !               |
>      \---------------^---------------/
>back:
>      /---------------^---------------\
>      |               !               |
>      |               !               |
>      |    4          !       13      |
>      |               !               |
>      \---------------^---------------/
>
>etc......
>
>----------------------- < original message > ------------------------
>
>Wouldn't a macro that copied the contents of doc 1 (the original that
>gets typed in) to doc 2, move pages into the appropriate order, change
>the doc to 2 columns (where page breaks are changed to end-of- column
>marks (or whatever WP calls them)), and sent *that* to the printer be
>easier (at least on the person doing the printing).  If you were
>printing on a (for example) HP Laserjet IID, you could do the entire
>print in 1 pass.  Other printers would be done in (max) 2 passes.
>And in truth, since most times you will be sending this to a copier,
>and most copiers can do 2 single sided -> 1 double sided, this would
>still be in 1 pass.
>
>Some points to keep in mind while writing this macro:
>
>a)  The number of pages would have to be an even multiple of 4.
>    (hard page returns could have to be added to make this so).
>b)  There would have to be a way of putting the page numbers into
>    a variable in the macro.
>
>
>Sample pseduo-code :
>
>
>Copy doc 1 to doc 2.
>Open doc 2.
>Change soft returns to Hard Returns.
>Do "a" above (ie. add H-PG to end of doc 2).
>
>Set marker at top of document.
>Do While marker not at end of document.
>   Move last page to marker
>   Move marker down 3 pages
>   Move last page to marker
>   Move marker down 1 page
>End
>
>Change doc 2 into 2 columns with Hard Returns changed to
>      end-of column markers.
>
>Print doc 2.
>
>
>
>Anyone want to take a crack at it?
>
>      --------------------------------------------------
>Chris Barnes            |
>cbarnes@tamvm1.tamu.edu |  Bow season started last week!
>(409) 846-3273 (home)   |  I get to give it a try this weekend...
>(409) 845-4437 (work)   |
>
>      --------------------------------------------------
>Chris Barnes            |
>cbarnes@tamvm1.tamu.edu |  Bow season started last week!
>(409) 846-3273 (home)   |  I get to give it a try this weekend...
>(409) 845-4437 (work)   |
I print these booklets all the time but as of yet havent written a macro.  The
reason is because in this format you're limited to a certian number of pages
before it becomes necessary to find really loooong staples.  Another problem
is that I print front and back on each sheet of paper.  Thus far my solution
has been to use the multiple page option on the printing screen, for example
after the PAGE(S) prompt appears I enter 1,15,2,14,3,13 of whatever order is
needed to get things in the correct order.
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