Re: Book layout software?

[beelia <beelia -at- gmail -dot- com>]

inDesign is built for this task, but it's not easy. There's a significant
learning curve.

I may be wrong, but I don't think either Frame or Word has this capability.

Bee

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 5:43 PM, <jennysubs -at- mac -dot- com> wrote:

> Wrrlers-
>
> I told a local organization that, sure, I'd be happy to put together the
> program for their annual auction. I've worked on these before and mistakenly
> assumed they would take it to a printer.
>
> However, to save money, they want to use their fancy copier/printer and
> have it put the staples in the middle. Somehow, I have to figure out how to
> get the pages in the right places so that when they print 8.5 by 11
> double-sided and fold it, it will read in the proper order.  I will also
> have to accommodate last-minute changes, so I worry that if I carefully
> figure it out, some last-minute fantastic item will show up and trash the
> text flow.
>
> So, what was a simple project has now become one that I am not sure how to
> do. (You'd think I would after being a tech writer since the dawn 'o time,
> but I haven't encountered this problem.)
>
> I have the following tools: Frame, Pages (Mac), and Word (Mac). I don't
> have inDesign.
>
> Does anyone know of an easy way to do this using the tools listed above? Is
> there a (free/cheap) add-on that could make my life easier?
>
> Awaiting the collected wisdom of our community....
>
> Jenny Greenleaf
> Portland, OR
>
>
>
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