OpenOffice question

[G Rundlett]

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Susan Cragin <susancragin at earthlink.net>wrote:

> OpenOffice has the same feature. I use it all the time to print booklets.
> And I use it to make paper inserts for my Franklin Planner.
> Here's what you do.
> Tools / Options / OOo Writer / Print
>   Check "Brochure"
> Format / Page / Change page size to whatever (I use half a standard sheet,
> so 5.5 x 8.5)
> Shrink the margins to what you want.
> Set up headers, footers, etc.
> Change printer settings to print on both sides of the page.
> Then print the first 4 pages and see if they come out in booklet format.
> Susan
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It seems you can do what you're after using OpenOffice.  I would only add
that if layout is your aim, do check out Scribus which is a cross-platform
free-software desktop publishing app.

http://www.scribus.net/
http://docs.scribus.net/

~ Greg

Greg Rundlett
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