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Subject:Re: FWD: Printing Question From:Michael Blair <mjblair -at- TOTAL -dot- NET> Date:Wed, 10 Jun 1998 07:52:13 -0400
Eric J. Ray at ejray -at- RAYCOMM -dot- COM, on 6/9/98 3:43 PM you wrote:
>Hi all -- forwarded on request, so please respond on list or to:
>gldmeier -at- actcom -dot- co -dot- il
>
> A friend of mine is working on a project for a small company that wants
>to do its printing in-house. They bought a 'fancy' printer (not syre
>which one - but I can find out if necessary). They want their manual to
>be 1/2 the size of a regular letter page adn inserted into a 3 ring
>binder. The manual is a word doc. Is there any way to get 2 pages to
>print on one piece of paper? And in the correct order? (if you print 1
>and 2 on the same page - the back side would be 3 and 4 - cut that in half
>and its - well -wrong)
I don't know about Word for Windows, but on the Mac it's as easy as
choosing 2 up in the print dialog.
Michael Blair
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